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Recent Examples of lunges
Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Surveillance camera footage showed a man beside a bus stop donning a kippah, or traditional skullcap, before a passerby with a knife lunges at him.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
That includes calisthenics, working with resistance bands, bodyweight exercises like squats and lunges, jumping rope, and of course lifting dumbbells, kettlebells, or barbells heavy enough to challenge you.
—Holly Carter, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
High-knees and hugs, lunges and love.
—Courtney Cole, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Because of this, lunges may potentially build more strength than squats, which distribute the workload between two legs.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 15 Apr. 2026
While holding a heavy sandbag on their back, participants do moving or walking lunges to complete this exercise.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
On the other side of the gym, the group had moved on to half-hearted dumbbell lunges.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Then there are lower-body moves like lunges and squats, which also use the majority of your body as the load.
—Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
Bin Laden’s wife lunges at a commando and is shot in the leg but not killed.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Surveillance camera footage showed a man beside a bus stop donning a kippah, or traditional skullcap, before a passerby with a knife lunges at him.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
That includes calisthenics, working with resistance bands, bodyweight exercises like squats and lunges, jumping rope, and of course lifting dumbbells, kettlebells, or barbells heavy enough to challenge you.
—Holly Carter, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
High-knees and hugs, lunges and love.
—Courtney Cole, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Because of this, lunges may potentially build more strength than squats, which distribute the workload between two legs.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 15 Apr. 2026
While holding a heavy sandbag on their back, participants do moving or walking lunges to complete this exercise.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
On the other side of the gym, the group had moved on to half-hearted dumbbell lunges.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Then there are lower-body moves like lunges and squats, which also use the majority of your body as the load.
—Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunges
Noun
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But Inoue used his quick footwork to evade them, landing some jabs back in the process.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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These back-and-forth jabs appear to put ever greater distance between the parties, nearly four weeks after the US and Iran first reached their temporary ceasefire.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Ernaux’s signature method of resisting interpretation and incarnating the past plunges us into this girl’s experience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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Architectonics takes this murky style and plunges it to a new deep, incorporating the bronze gong and chime sounds of gamelan while burying his rhythms in dense, dubby layers of incense smoke.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The challenger became more aggressive after the sixth round, moving forward to try to land punches.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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No punches, but the two tangled, spilling toward the sideline as Okongwu tried to separate them.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
Verb
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The Bolt winds back and dives like a roller coaster, shooting downward at a vertiginous 85 degrees.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Turner dives into world of Atlanta professional sports Following a losing season for the Atlanta Braves, who went 67-94, Turner purchased the team in January 1976.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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“Lunges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunges. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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