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Recent Examples of lunges
Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
In a video posted on Instagram on Thursday, Vonn squats with weights, lunges from side to side and does fast kicks against a ball.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
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
Reverse Lunge to Knee-Up Reverse lunges tend to be more beginner-friendly and gentler on the knees than the standard forward lunge.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 30 Jan. 2026
To try out lateral lunges, begin with your feet together.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
With all its starts and stops, twists and turns, reaches and lunges, pickleball is busting the Medicare bank, with a few hundred million dollars’ worth of injuries each year.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
In response, the bear turns around and lunges twice at the man harassing it, scaring the human off before causing any physical harm.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
Noun
In a video posted to her social media on Thursday, Vonn performed a series of workouts including squats, box jumps and side lunges.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
In a video posted on Instagram on Thursday, Vonn squats with weights, lunges from side to side and does fast kicks against a ball.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
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
Reverse Lunge to Knee-Up Reverse lunges tend to be more beginner-friendly and gentler on the knees than the standard forward lunge.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 30 Jan. 2026
To try out lateral lunges, begin with your feet together.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
With all its starts and stops, twists and turns, reaches and lunges, pickleball is busting the Medicare bank, with a few hundred million dollars’ worth of injuries each year.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
In response, the bear turns around and lunges twice at the man harassing it, scaring the human off before causing any physical harm.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunges
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In addition to OpenAI running an ad, its competitor Anthropic is airing its first Super Bowl commercial about its Claude system and lobbing jabs at OpenAI about its addition of ads into ChatGPT.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Chicago Cubs started the fall with some jabs, signing a handful of relievers to create a deeper bullpen.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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When Heathcliff, a foundling, discovers that Cathy Earnshaw, the daughter of the impoverished Yorkshire lord who’s taken him in, has played a prank on him by putting eggs in his beds to be crushed, the boy plunges his fingers into the slippery puddle of yolk and albumen left behind.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2026
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Madelyn Cline is giving all the stylish WAGS who showed up at the 2026 NFL Honors a run for their money thanks to a blue Christopher Esber gown that plunges all the way to her stomach.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Its lacing system moves away from traditional hole punches for all but its two upper eyestays, with the rest replaced by cord loops that allow for a more personalized fit.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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This modest but super-smart production punches way above its weight.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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There will be times when too much time on my hands leads to nonsense, like deep character dives on Instagram regarding the wives of ex-boyfriends.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Bolstered by weighty performances from Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Keira Knightley, the film dives into heavy themes of mortality and ethics with striking clarity.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Lunges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunges. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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