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At championships for European school children in 2022, barely a year after she first learned that bishops move along a diagonal, Sivanandan went on to win all 24 of her matches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Bellingham left his right central midfield position to make the diagonal run in behind DR Congo's right-back when Rashford got the ball - the same pattern that resulted in goals for England against Panama.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

After the break, Bellingham's position was a lot more as a number 10 than a supporting midfielder to Anderson, which made making those diagonal runs into the space behind the pressing wing-back more viable.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Walking in these diagonal directions, as well as 5 feet in the straight compass directions, shows that many pairs of dots on this giant chessboard are exactly 5 feet apart.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

From here she would go upward through a diagonal crevice, but there would be footholds—she could see the first ones just above her—and at the top, another resting place.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

For once there was a justification for Mr. Koolhaas’s sportive diagonals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Opposing diagonals of the room and the opened right-hand window meet at a pointed angle where René stands, placing him smack at the center of a jutting space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025

He will sit deep when required and push high when he can; will play neat possession football in some fixtures and tell his players to hit longer diagonals out to the wide men in others.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

Six colors - red, black, green, pink, yellow and blue - are layered in exactly the same order, only now in horizontal stripes instead of the Netherlands-created One Love’s diagonals.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

Buffalo trails crossed the human trail on diagonals.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston