Deviated temporarily from a straight course (5)

I believe the answer is:

yawed

(Other definitions for yawed that I've seen before include "Deviated erratically from the course" , "Zigzagged" , "turned to the left perhaps" , "Of ship, failed to hold a straight course" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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