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as in deviated
to change one's course or direction
the cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane
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as in veered
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the car sheered to avoid hitting the dog
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Recent Examples of sheered
The lightweight texture melts into skin, allowing pigment to be built or sheered out without patchiness.
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Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 Dec. 2025
Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 Dec. 2025
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What’s more, a trove of federal reports obtained by The Times revealed federal contractors repeatedly deviated from their cleanup plans, possibly leaving dozens of properties with toxic ash and debris.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Travis Scott has deviated very little from drab colors on his Air Jordan 1s.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Last spring, both Katelynn and Jaelen were in the car with their son when their Ford F-150 veered off the road and collided with a tree, per a Louisiana State Police press release shared the day of the crash.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Colorado Department of Transportation will try again on Monday to recover a snowplow that veered off a highway and became stuck earlier this week.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Bryant turned the ball over 17 times and allowed Jonesboro (13-7, 1-1) to score repeatedly in transition.—
Erick Taylor,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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Owens turned herself into Long Beach police Wednesday, and she was booked on $200,000 bail.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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The kids were up at daybreak, congregating beneath the parachute, having already swung on the rope swing, picked on one another, cried a little, and gotten into a cooler of sodas.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Today, however, the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction.—
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
Time,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Sheered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheered. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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