yaw
verb (used without object)
to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Able Jake, with the controlling influence of the jets cut, had yawed slightly and was now traveling crabwise.
From Far from Home by J.A. Taylor