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oblique

[uh-bleek, oh-bleek, uh-blahyk, oh-blahyk] / əˈblik, oʊˈblik, əˈblaɪk, oʊˈblaɪk /




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Jamaica's Oblique Seville runs a personal best of 9.77 seconds to take gold in the men's 100m final as sprint legend Usain Bolt cheers him on.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

Oblique, poetic and sumptuously sung, it’s a welcome moment of Zen.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2023

This direct address, and the visual clarity of her preferred typeface, Futura Bold Oblique, were quickly appropriated by the fields Kruger sought to criticize.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2021

Oblique and knee injuries limited Fulmer in 2018, when his ERA rose to 4.69.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2020

And be solicitous of laying them down just as they shall come, Faces upward, in a Downward and Oblique Line; taking them from the Topmost of the Pack until you have laid forth Seven, Cards.

From The Square of Sevens An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with a Prefatory Note by Prime-Stevenson, Edward




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