swerved

verb

past tense of swerve
1
as in veered
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course the car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road

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2
as in curved
to turn away from a straight line or course the bike path gently swerves to the right

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3
as in arched
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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4
as in deviated
to change one's course or direction the hurricane had been following the coastline before it swerved and headed inland

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Recent Examples of swerved The driver of the London bus quickly swerved out of the way to avoid her. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026 O’Neil then swerved in avoidance, right into an oncoming semi truck. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 By some stroke of luck, or quick thinking, or fate, as the woman flew from the sidewalk and onto the road, the driver swerved in the nick of time and rushed to check on her. — Diana Fox, Air Mail, 20 June 2026 The new collaboration comes at the same time as Abe swerved convention this season, showing her men’s collection with a stand-alone show and just a few women’s resort looks tossed in the mix. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 June 2026 The video allegedly showed that a driver who was apparently in front of Savino swerved into the middle lane in front of a tractor-trailer to avoid a collision, the warrant affidavit said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 His primary focus was a woman who still appeared to be trapped inside the 2008 Volkswagen Golf that had just swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with a box truck. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 June 2026 After Persepolis, Satrapi swerved in another direction with Embroideries, which was named after (and partially about) a cosmetic procedure for vaginal tightening. — Hillary Chute, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026 Unlike Magazine Dreams, the modest but satisfying Test avoids the lurid descent into violent psychodrama that swerved into hallucinatory Taxi Driver territory and undercut that film’s integrity. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swerved
  1. veered
  2. curved
  3. arched
  4. deviated
  5. hooked
  6. swung
  7. bowed
  8. turned
Verb
  • The driver of the Infiniti was standing near the back of the vehicle when a Ford sedan veered into the shoulder, DiMartino shared.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026
  • The driver of a pickup truck veered off the Overseas Highway and into the water in the Florida Keys on Saturday morning, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
Definition of veered
Verb
  • In the final minute of stoppage time to end the first half, Morocco's Achraf Hakimi curved his free kick right in front of the goal, seemingly just one perfect touch away from a goal.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026
  • If spacetime is curved, then the path of light is also curved.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of curved
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  • She was braced against a near-vertical gray rock on a steep part of the mountain, with her back unnaturally arched and her face pointed at the sky, eyes open.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The ceiling is arched and lined with skylights to allow for light in walkway.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2026
Definition of arched
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  • And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • She was also asked to perform the walk-and-turn exercise, and the one-leg stand exercise, and deviated from instruction on both counts.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
Definition of deviated
Verb
  • Why pet chickens keep people hooked The eggs get people started.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • Bob Heath registered for his first project on We The Action’s website in 2020 and has been hooked ever since.
    — We The Action, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of hooked
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  • Bobrovsky’s hope didn’t truly run out until Florida swung a trade for Jacob Markstrom, a deal that was finalized early Tuesday afternoon.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Never count out Tim Connelly, who swung the massive trades that brought Gobert and Ball to Minnesota and shipped off Karl-Anthony Towns days before training camp two years ago, but the Wolves will likely be looking elsewhere for a starting forward.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of swung
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  • France coach Didier Deschamps bowed when his star came to the bench after he was substituted in the 85th minute.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • After the game, the two teams huddled in the infield with heads bowed in support of Lasko.
    — Zach Powell, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of bowed
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  • Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
    — Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • Paraguay seemed to fade after the Mbappé goal, but turned it on again late, forcing Mike Maignan to make his first save of the day about 89 and a half minutes into the match.
    — Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of turned

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