as in veering
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the fox zigged to the right, and the hounds followed
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veering
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Imagine Maye triggering a triple-option run with Stevenson, keeping the ball and veering off the edge with Henderson behind him.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Without this alignment, these organizations risk mission drift, the default setting of veering further and further off course from their ultimate destination.—
Bhakti Mirchandani,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Zigging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zigging. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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