zigzags

present tense third-person singular of zigzag
as in weaves
to move suddenly aside or to and fro the fleeing car zigzagged down the highway at breakneck speed

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  • Old Hickory Lake, part of the Cumberland River, weaves through Hendersonville.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The charcoal drawing Anoma Kole Kole, 2023–24, for instance, skillfully weaves a blueprint of colonial infrastructure with images of the Africans who built transit systems.
    Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • The way a Newfoundland dog carefully ducks his head to avoid getting bumped by a car trunk has captured hearts across the internet.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Zigzags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zigzags. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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