While the date line generally runs north to south from pole to pole, it zigzags around political borders such as eastern Russia and Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
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Zigzags
Synonyms for "zigzags" (230 found)
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Strong matches (69)
declinationdefense mechanismdeflectdeflectiondepartingdeparturedesultorydetourdeviancedeviancydeviantdeviatedeviatingdeviationdeviativedeviatorydeviousdeviousnessdiffractdiffuse
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digressiondigressivediscursiondiscursivedispersedistortdivagationdivaricationdivergedivergencediversiondivertdodgedoglegdoubledriftdriftingduckebb and flowelbowellelusionelusivenessequivocationerranterrantryerraticescapeevasionevasive actionevasivenessexcursionexcursiveexcursusexorbitationflexuosityflexuousforbearanceforestallingforestallmentforkforkedfurcalfurcatefurcationgeniculategeniculatedgetting aroundgnominious
Related words (115)
hairpinhitch and hikehookhookedindirectindirectioninflectionjaggedjinkkneeknee-shapedllabyrinthinemazymeandermeanderingneutralitynoninterventionnoninvolvementnook
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notchedobliquityout-of-the-waypass and repasspererrationplanetarypointpointedpreventionpullquoinraggedramblingreciprocaterefractrefrainingride and tierovingrunaroundsaw toothedsaw-toothedsawtoothscatterseesawserpentineserratesharpsharp-corneredsheershiftshiftingshifting courseshifting pathshunningshunting offshuttleshuttlecockshysidestepsidetrackingskewslantslipsnakesnakystaggerstaggeredstraystrayingsweepswerveswervingswingswingingswitchbacktackteeterteeter totterteeter-totterthe runaroundto-and-frotortuousturnturningtwisttwistingtwistyundirectedv shapedv-shapedvagrantvariationveerveeringvertexwanderingwarpwax and wanewibble-wabblewigwagwindingy shapedy-shapedyawzagzigzig zagzigzaggeryzigzaggyzigzagways
Verb(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
All the ships shortened sail, and there was fear and trembling on every side, but she sat quietly on her floating iceberg watching the blue lightning flash in zigzags down on to the shining sea.
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There are so many colorful fish in the ocean; blue and orange and purple and green, with stripes and zigzags and dots.
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