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Recent Examples of zigzag
Laura Neilson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Two additional bail-outs precede the false summit, allowing climbers to hop onto Barr Trail, which zigzags up the mountain.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Nov. 2023
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Verb
The luxury e-commerce retailer Net-a-Porter, Cultured magazine and the fashion label Proenza Schouler have also hosted dinner parties and events at Raf’s, where waiters nimbly zigzag among the dining room’s snug 11 tables.
—Laura Neilson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Two additional bail-outs precede the false summit, allowing climbers to hop onto Barr Trail, which zigzags up the mountain.
—Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Any number of odd, zigzag examples can be used to make the case that legislative districts in Wisconsin are excessively gerrymandered.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zigzag
Verb
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The parade weaves through the historic downtown, bringing together antique cars, floats, and locals looking to show off their red, white, and blue.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
18 June 2025
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Ah Loo’s vibrant work weaves traditional Pacific Island attire with modern silhouettes and design.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
Verb
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Some kids have ducked under the rope line to sit in deep crevices in the base of the trunk.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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The witness ducked down and then looked up; Nichols was staring at the witness.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Horseshoe Bend gets its name from the sinuous river meander around a sandstone formation.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
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In both areas, the rooms’ furnishings, from the coffee tables to cocoon-like headboards, are curved, a reference, general manager Jordi Compte Stevens surmises, to the sinuous geometry of Priorat’s landscapes.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Presidio manzanita, an evergreen shrub, requires unusual serpentine soils to grow.—
Megan Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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Some leaf-mining insects make distinct patterns, like squiggles or serpentine shapes, while others make irregular blotches, like this species.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Reeves' death was officially ruled as suicide by a gunshot wound, but the end of his life has been a source of speculation because of the lack of physical evidence, mixed witness reports and twisted personal relationships.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Wednesday: Eve of the Outcasts: What starts off as a fun school carnival (shudder!) falls under Wednesday’s spell to make for a twisted tour through the macabre.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Then into motorboats for hair-raising dashes through tortuous canals and across rough water to dams far back in some vast marsh.—
Nash Buckingham,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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Rainy days aren’t much better, and the summers are quickly becoming just as tortuous.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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During his speech, Kissel made winding references to railroads, attorneys’ fees, scratch-off tickets, casinos, Hartford, car fatalities, troopers, eye-hand coordination, Jack LaLanne, Methuselah, the Bible, and hallucinogenic mushrooms.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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One way that’s easy to manifest is through maximalist bedding with punchy colors, big stripes, and winding patterns.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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These ears are actually distorted spiral arms that were likely given their shape from a combination of wind pushing on the gas and the rotation of the galaxy itself, according to the researchers.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
13 June 2025
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While the spiral braids on top of her head felt particularly familiar, the five-foot extensions swinging across her left shoulder were something new.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 June 2025
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“Zigzag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zigzag. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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