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swerves

  • plural of swerve.
  • present tense form of swerve (3rd person singular).

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There are a number of weird swerves in this generous, if convoluted, offer from your relative.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

We should be so lucky to experience a film that swerves just when we think we’ve made up our minds.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Throw in a stricter whistle from referees, who are less inclined to award fouls when Harden swerves out of the way to draw contact, and basketball’s great machine goes haywire.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

And so what happens on a day-to-day basis, there are enormous swerves in what one should expect for the United States in particular.

From Slate Mar. 11, 2026

She sits in the park, watching the kids play and the skate-boarders do their tricks and swerves at the skate bowl.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak