oblique

Chicago Cubs: Shortstop and team leader Dansby Swanson will be welcomed back after missing a month with a left oblique injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Mostly, though, the film is oblique commentary on the kinds of issues the columnists are always writing about—a perceived loss of societal trust, demonization of out-groups, and increased geographical sorting by ideology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Though many critics and historians have tried, it’s impossible to get to the true root of a work as oblique as “Possession.”

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Some of the content is oblique -- vendors often post images of animals or parts for sale without any price or explanation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

But he said it with a warm smile, and Danny and I were delighted by his oblique compliment.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

The obliques are muscles that span from the ribs to the pelvis and help the body’s ability to bend and rotate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

For just $2,599, this sleek and sturdy item offers users plate-loaded core training in a seated position, and a swivel seat to easily transition to targeting your obliques.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2023

“There’s a lot that goes into swings, whether it’s obliques, whether it’s a bunch of things,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

You won’t catch me crunching to sculpt my obliques – I’m happy just being abnormal.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022

The remainder of the squad, or twos, obliques to the right and halts on line with the leading file or files.

From The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training by Olin Oglesby Ellis

The eyes, as already observed, obliqued strongly downwards.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid

They were moving toward us, so we obliqued toward them, with our shadows cast long by the low sun.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin

On observing this convergence of his silent and persevering pursuers, Costal suddenly obliqued to the right.

From The Tiger Hunter by Mayne Reid

The instant his back was turned, the old man obliqued crabwise to the side of the road.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various

In doing this we obliqued to the southwest to escape a heavy fire now reaching us from the north and the quicker to get protection from the rolling ground.

From A Historic Sketch Lest We Forget Company E 26th Ohio Infantry by Walden Kelly

If at halfstep or mark time while obliquing, the oblique march is resumed by the commands: 1.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss

If at half step or mark time while obliquing, the oblique march is resumed by the commands: 1 Oblique, 2.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by U. S. War Department

Then the three first sides of our square, the second and the third obliquing to the right and left fired.

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian

If at half step or mark time while obliquing, Oblique, March.

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker

They keep Canal, obliquing to that side of the way farthest from the balconies-- "To make room," cries Victorine, "to form line pritty soon off horses, in front those cannon'."

From Kincaid's Battery by Alonzo Kimball