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athwart

adverb as in from side to side; crosswise

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To dive was to escape the heat of this place, a geographic hot spot athwart the equator.

The hyper-wealthy host of a popular cable-news show somehow still manages to stand athwart the establishment, fighting for truth in the face of a shadowy left-wing cabal.

One hot summer afternoon, I carried her athwart my hips into the pool at our beach club in Long Beach, New York.

Armstrong is standing athwart recent trends at the highest levels of corporate America.

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The New York governor was the foremost Democrat to stand athwart the Reagan Revolution.

The new corporate social responsibility, redefined for libertarians, must stand athwart crony corporatism yelling "stop."

Conservatives, to invoke William Buckley, have stood athwart this history yelling “stop!”

How Robert Lipsyte, author of the new memoir An Accidental Sportswriter, stood athwart the sports page yelling, "Stop!"

The glowing heavens, luminous athwart the clouds of fine, suspended sand, laid this ominous hint of dream upon the entire day.

Silently the turnkey passes the cell, like a flitting mystery casting its shadow athwart a troubled soul.

A hemlock had fallen athwart it, and they sat down where they could look out upon a majestic panorama of towering rock and snow.

A few pines were sprinkled about the slopes of the gully, and one or two of them which had fallen lay athwart the creek.

A trail of filmy vapor crawled out athwart the lower pines and covered them as it rolled rapidly upward.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to athwart, such as: across, crosswise, and from side to side.

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

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