1
as in veers
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road
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2
as in curves
to turn away from a straight line or course
the bike path gently swerves to the right
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as in bends
to cause to turn away from a straight line
a dog dashed out in front of me and made me swerve my bike to one side of the bike path
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Recent Examples of swerves
The elegant staging tries to compensate, but the performers have to rely a little too heavily on their own charms to make up the difference in a play that swerves unexpectedly at the end into a cutesy fairy tale.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
At times comical, each of these stories swerves and plunges deep into dark truths of human nature.
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
And then, quite predictably, Hacks swerves away from that pain at the last second.
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
The one who swerves first loses face but survives.
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Frank Holmes,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
The conversation swerves to the inevitable topic of AI and art.
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Erin Entrada Kelly,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
As the season swerves into Lap 2, let’s see who’s doing better (and worse) lately.
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Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Duprey then swerves and slides under a vehicle.
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Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
At first, the robot drives around a glass panel displaying an ad, but then swerves back inside the bus shelter and hits the panel without one.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
At times comical, each of these stories swerves and plunges deep into dark truths of human nature.
—
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
And then, quite predictably, Hacks swerves away from that pain at the last second.
—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
The one who swerves first loses face but survives.
—
Frank Holmes,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
The conversation swerves to the inevitable topic of AI and art.
—
Erin Entrada Kelly,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
As the season swerves into Lap 2, let’s see who’s doing better (and worse) lately.
—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Duprey then swerves and slides under a vehicle.
—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
At first, the robot drives around a glass panel displaying an ad, but then swerves back inside the bus shelter and hits the panel without one.
—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swerves
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Check out this 1997 live TV version of Paranoid Android, which veers from lullaby to apocalypse within the space of a few minutes.
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But Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed almost immediately veers off into wild subplots about murder, corruption, and corporate malfeasance, as if to emphasize that low-level romance scams are just the tip of the internet’s fetid iceberg.
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Tumon Bay, the island’s main resort district, curves in a sweep of gorgeous waters backed by limestone cliffs and a skyline of hotels that reflect Guam’s long‑standing popularity with Japanese and Korean travelers.
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Phoebe Philo’s version, a backless white tank with a dramatic ruffle that curves across the waist and up the shoulder blades transforms the silhouette into an avant-garde sculpture.
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As if the arc of history just naturally bends towards justice without aggrieved people putting pressure on it.
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The star crossing in front of the other one brightens and bends the latter object’s light, thereby acting like a giant magnifying glass.
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The Washington Post spoke to seven current and former National Park Service staffers who said the policy deviates from the agency’s long-standing approach to release as much information as possible.
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Extra padding on the tongue and collar blow up the proportions of the silhouette, while a suede, mesh and leather upper deviates from the typical leather build.
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Smith arches over the patient, his body an umbrella to protect the wound.
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The protective netting that arches over so many of the roads in the eastern Donbas region – stopping drones in their tracks – is not your friend here, but a limitation on movement.
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As America turns 250, the semiquincentennial feels like a dud — a far cry from 1976’s bicentennial blowout, when pop culture and communal celebrations united a weary nation.
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The heat domes tend to form where the jet stream turns northward, moving up and over the dome itself and leading to strong flows of hot air from the south to the north near the Earth’s surface.
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Ceiling hooks for fishing rods, cargo door for two bikes, spray hose for cleaning gear and heated locker for drying it.
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How Many Calories Rucking Burns The calorie math is what hooks many newcomers, particularly men in their 40s trying to recapture lost ground.
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But the blueness of these districts does mean that the socialists will get elected and likely survive when the pendulum swings back to the Republicans.
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The map introduces the armored Oni, which swings a spiked kanabō, plus Scorched Zombies and fiery Hellhounds tied to its lava-field hazards.
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“Swerves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swerves. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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