Example Sentences

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On social-media platforms like X, some investors have loudly proclaimed that after years of serving as the dominant cryptocurrency, bitcoin might finally be lurching toward irrelevance.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

On the other hand, it has been hard to ignore the lurching price of oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

England's horrific Ashes tour is lurching towards a final defeat after a remorseless Steve Smith century followed Travis Head's spectacular 163 on the third day of the fifth Test.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

He expects 1% gross-domestic-product growth next year, lurching progress after three years of recession and stagnation.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

The plane kept lurching down suddenly, as if it would fall out of the sky.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau