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lurch

[lurch] / lɜrtʃ /


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Treasury yields continued to lurch higher — helping to put more pressure on stocks, which struggled during the first trading session of the week.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The clunky lurch forward into fantasy is characteristic of the movie, which like many a teenager revels in creating a mess it can’t or won’t clean up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"We are left in the lurch, without any money, any means of support, just only the scars from the war," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Avelo is trying to make changes far enough in advance that customers aren’t left in a lurch, Levy said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Now it lay in her lap, jostled back and forth with every lurch of the train.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

That said, if the SOX lurches toward that lower support level in the next few weeks, they view that as “a tradable buying opportunity.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

It’s a dynamic production, with a distorted bassline that lurches and synths that flutter on the verses and explode on the choruses, signaling a moment of dancefloor ecstasy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

A few minutes later, the SUV lurches forward, then drives slowly down the street.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026

Will then lurches into a tut-tutting recapitulation of the French army chief of staff’s public statement that his nation’s people must accept the risk of losing their children to protect France from an unnamed aggressor.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

The bus lurches to a stop, jerking me awake.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

It’s about inertia and abdication, not solutions, and while I don’t entirely love this strange comedy, I’m giddy that it’s lurched into existence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Watkins' departure to Al-Hilal - which lurched between acrimonious and emotional - has left Villa without their best attacking outlet.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

This fascinating book is a study in how archival documentaries in the 1930s lurched forward—from episodic newsreels to hodgepodge feature-length efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Ever since the Covid pandemic exposed the fragility of global supply chains, the shipping industry has lurched from one market-disrupting event to another.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

He seemed to be talking to himself about how hard life was in Russia, and then he lurched out of the room.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Maybe this is what the Chargers are — lurching, sputtering and unable to consistently move the football, despite an offensive overhaul packed with lofty expectations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

"I immediately felt myself lurching forward and saw my colleagues across from me getting thrown around."

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

The nascent rebound in tech stocks ended in a lurching drop on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq composite losing about 1% in its largest blown gain since early January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

On social-media platforms like X, some investors have loudly proclaimed that after years of serving as the dominant cryptocurrency, bitcoin might finally be lurching toward irrelevance.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

All at once, Penelope felt as if she were on some ill-fated sea voyage, with a sea-washed deck lurching beneath her feet.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood


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