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as in zigzag

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verb

present participle of zigzag
as in weaving
to move suddenly aside or to and fro the fleeing car zigzagged down the highway at breakneck speed

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Recent Examples of zigzagging
Verb
Starting and ending downtown, the course took runners in a zigzagging pattern as far south as 35th Street in Bronzeville, as far west as Damen Avenue on the Near West Side, and as far north as West Sheridan Road in East Lakeview. — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026 Released three years after the similarly freewheeling Nekkuja, the album bubbles over with interdimensional ambition and zigzagging ideas, anchored by her ability to command bewildering expanses of melody and form. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026 After a long day zigzagging through Venice’s narrow streets, elbowing your way past crowds at every turn, arriving back in the historic Cannaregio district is a relief. — Mary Holland, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026 Notable among the findings is a road at least ¾ of a mile long with features, including a zigzagging route, characteristic of Inca construction. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Hundreds of them have been used as the language of the brand’s environmental design, with sculptures of towering trunks zigzagging up their five-story atrium. — Lauren Sinclair, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026 Across the first two weeks of the tournament alone, Infantino reportedly logged more than 20,000 miles of air travel, zigzagging the continent aboard a private jet. — Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026 As the firework began to wane after well over a minute, zigzagging streaks of light spread into a canopy of twinkling flashes that resembled stars. — Sacbee.com, 28 June 2026 Charles McQuarn, 77, said traversing the neighborhood means zigzagging around all the hazards. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zigzagging
  1. zigzag
  2. weaving
  3. winding
  4. ducking
  5. tortuous
  6. curved
  7. sinuous
  8. twisted
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
Definition of zigzag
Verb
  • Combat sequences, set in the Pacific theater and filmed in Australia, look expansive and authentic, weaving around hundreds of soldiers running and shouting and shooting at once.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The process was particularly intricate, as each interlacing detail on the bodice had to be carefully constructed by weaving hundreds of meters of rouleau and while maintaining the tension and precision of the corsetry underneath.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of weaving
Adjective
  • Highway 12 provides for a direct — though slightly more winding and arguably more scenic — drive into the northern and eastern portions of the North Bay.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Every floor and room is dedicated to specific watch brands and timepieces, featuring bespoke details like watch-hand door handles and winding-crown faucet handles, all crafted by Florentine artisans.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of winding
Verb
  • Lastly, try ducking into Casey Rubber Stamps, founded in 1979, in the West Village, and a neighborhood fixture since 2003.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The system lets robots choose suitable movements, such as stepping over objects, ducking under overhead barriers, or turning sideways to pass through narrow gaps.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of ducking
Adjective
  • These days, the process by which a marque chooses a name for a new model is tortuous.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The shots also took a tortuous path through the FDA, which finally granted full approval in people ages 50 to 64.
    — Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of tortuous
Adjective
  • One contains leather-cutting tools, another curved needles and bits of leather showing the different types of stitching that go into the bags.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Those influences show up in the residence’s curved architectural details, natural stone, and custom furnishings.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of curved
Adjective
  • Such is the case in a Chicago penthouse designed by Kuchar Studio, which features a dining room fixture with a strikingly sinuous form.
    — Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026
  • For decades, the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble—hailing from its own dance village, outside of Bengaluru—has been New York’s favorite provider of Odissi, a form of sinuous shapes and vivid storytelling.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of sinuous
Adjective
  • Whether the presentment was fair or not is a legitimate subject for dispute, along with the appeals court’s twisted excuse that the $10 million wasn’t public money to begin with.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • What remained was wreckage — twisted metal, pieces of the balloon — and the smell of something burned.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of twisted

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“Zigzagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zigzagging. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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