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as in veers
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road
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as in curves
to turn away from a straight line or course
the bike path gently swerves to the right
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as in bends
to cause to turn away from a straight line
a dog dashed out in front of me and made me swerve my bike to one side of the bike path
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“Swerves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swerves. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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