direction
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President George H. W. Bush avoided over-managing Desert Storm; instead, he left its direction to learned military leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Bossy’s direction raises the clamorous volume instead of sorting out the disordered structure or digging into the unexamined silences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
In fact, Ireland became the first European nation to guarantee religious freedom to Jewish people in 1937, when the continental current was, shall we say, running in a different direction.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Though the origins of the drone have not been confirmed, Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas told Newshour that it came from the direction of Belarus, Lithuania's neighbour and a key Russian ally.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
I turned the opposite direction, into the aisle along the wall, and slipped between the shelves to the spot where the book belonged.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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And I said, I think there were three directions.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Then at San Quentin, Shermantine made a deal with a bounty hunter to provide directions to the remains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The section “Skeletal Embodiment,” in which all the featured garments and objects are shades of bleached bone, blanched coral and fossil gray, is simultaneously prehistoric and futuristic—a realm of deep time in both directions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Bailey told the court it seemed Brighton was helping Mohammad with directions as to where to turn and when to turn when he "allowed himself to become distracted".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But she turned around and began reading Dad the directions for getting to the school.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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