diagonal
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They are posed dashingly on the diagonal, the German dog, ears pricked, stacked as if in the show ring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Kane's diagonal run remains fairly central, and his relative lack of pace compared to Bellingham makes him less suited to exploiting this space.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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
On the bottom left corner, also on a diagonal: “faire suivre” forward.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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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
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