as in to veer
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the ship yawed hard to the right when the rogue wave hit it broadside
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Recent Examples of yaw
Every other car feels solid, locked-in, makes downforce in a straight line, rather than yawed out.
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Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 3 July 2024
The plane yawed left and right, dipped and climbed to avoid the flocks, churning my stomach like a roller coaster.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
The vertical stabilizer or rudder enables sideways yawing movement (and helps counter-act such movement from crosswinds) while horizontal stabilizers help pitch the aircraft up or down.
—Sebastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
Combining that data with a simple wind model, the algorithm projected that yawing each of the five upstream turbines about 20 degrees to the north would maximize the group's generation from the northwest winds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 3 July 2024
The plane yawed left and right, dipped and climbed to avoid the flocks, churning my stomach like a roller coaster.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
The vertical stabilizer or rudder enables sideways yawing movement (and helps counter-act such movement from crosswinds) while horizontal stabilizers help pitch the aircraft up or down.
—Sebastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
Combining that data with a simple wind model, the algorithm projected that yawing each of the five upstream turbines about 20 degrees to the north would maximize the group's generation from the northwest winds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019
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As young women get more socially and politically liberal, men are veering to the right, placing an emphasis on traditional gender roles and, for some, leaning into frighteningly potent misogynistic views.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
18 Sep. 2025
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Petrostates—state actors dependent on fossil fuels for their sovereign wealth, who also veer towards autocratic rule to maintain tight control of their population—play an equally important role in the manufacturing and spread of antiscience propaganda.—
Michael E. Mann,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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The hand should curve around the Maßkrug itself, with the handle actually surrounding the back of the hand.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Whereas French manicures typically curve along the edge of the nail down to the cuticle—even when it's done on square nails—Lovato's micro tips are painted straight across.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Yaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yaw. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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