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Recent Examples of lunge
Jakob Roze, Health, 5 Feb. 2026
Create a personalized routine Strength training can either involve body-weight exercises—like push-ups, squats, tricep dips, planks, and lunges—weightlifting, or both.
—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
Collins reported firing three rounds in total: one initial shot and then two more when the coyote lunged toward him.
—Theo Karantsalis, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
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Noun
These lunges target the glutes rather than the quads.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 5 Feb. 2026
Create a personalized routine Strength training can either involve body-weight exercises—like push-ups, squats, tricep dips, planks, and lunges—weightlifting, or both.
—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
Things then turned violent when someone tried to lunge at Black as marshals walked him out of the courtroom, leading to a skirmish appearing to involve about a dozen people.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
Collins reported firing three rounds in total: one initial shot and then two more when the coyote lunged toward him.
—Theo Karantsalis, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunge
Noun
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Ilia Malinin playfully threw a couple of jabs at a TV camera while skating off the ice Tuesday night, the pressure of his first Olympics having seemingly vanished after a team gold medal and a near-perfect short program to begin the men’s competition.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Moderna's jab showed positive phase three data last year, meeting all of the trial goals.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Even dive bars like Bikini Lounge snag national headlines.—
Becky Bartkowski,
AZCentral.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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But in order to make good on the movie-ness of it all, Johnson and McCarrol leaped and ran and dived into the sky, all for the sake of booking a concert at the beloved Toronto venue Rivoli.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While Pistons forward Tobias Harris was holding Diabate back, Diabate threw a punch at Duren.—
Steve Reed,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Pistons veteran Tobias Harris was holding back Diabate, when the latter threw a punch at Duren, escalating the whole situation.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The value of the currency has plunged, and inflation has climbed to record levels.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Five years later, the February 2021 freeze remains a defining reference point each winter when temperatures plunge.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Houston Chronicle,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Lunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunge. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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