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yaw

verb as in temporarily swerve off coarse

verb as in swerve

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"The investigation found that, in the prevailing circumstances, the loss of yaw control was irrecoverable," it said in its final report on the crash.

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Lighter bullets travel faster and can tumble through bodies more easily, causing maximum damage as they yaw through flesh.

Jackson is particularly proud of the clavicle, which can move forward and back as well as pitch, roll, and yaw.

Eradicating yaws—a painful and disfiguring bacterial disease—may be harder than scientists hoped, a study published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests.

WHO first set up a campaign to wipe yaws off the face of Earth in the 1950s.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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