as in veered
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the fox zigged to the right, and the hounds followed
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Authorities said a Tesla veered off Iron Point Road, struck a tree and a parked car, then crashed into the elevated train platform.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026 -
One piece of the ship, one of Challenger’s two strap-on solid rockets, veered to the right and began spiraling through the sky.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Zigged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zigged. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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