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yawed

  • past participle of yaw.
  • past tense form of yaw.

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High gusts whipped the plane as it moved toward the runway, and it yawed too steeply.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2017

The game yawed back and forth from there.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2017

Kirschvink also found a signal when the applied field yawed into the floor, as if the subject had looked up.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 23, 2016

At that speed, the seemingly smooth salt flats felt like a washboard, and the 6,500-lb. car bucked and yawed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suddenly, a sloop yawed toward them and the moon filled its half sail with bright light.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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