as in veering
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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Consequently, the idea that institutions could potentially be veering away from meritocratic ideals can be very threatening.—
Adia Harvey Wingfield,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026 -
Starting from the mountains of Mendocino County, the Russian River flows south toward Healdsburg and Windsor before veering west, through Sonoma County to the Pacific Ocean.—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
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Or are the Red Sox better off cutting their losses, selling their pending free agents and looking ahead to 2027?—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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For fiscal year 2026, the administration proposed cutting NOAA’s budget by roughly 25 percent and eliminating the agency's research arm, the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, the division that houses much of its climate work.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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“Zagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zagging. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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