as in veered
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the crowd roared as the clown on the bicycle zagged while the other clowns, in hot pursuit, zigged
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Though the tropical storm, which on track to becoming a major hurricane next week, has veered slightly from Haiti’s southern coast, the National Hurricane Center warned Haitians that it’s expected to bring life-threatening and catastrophic flash floods and landslides.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025 -
Was there ever a point when your book veered in a completely opposite direction from the film?—
Keaton Bell,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Zagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zagged. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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