angle
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That angle led to a headline in the California Post, which declared that “Spencer Pratt’s voters could be deciding factor in LA mayor showdown according to latest poll.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
I like to get into that position where I can see the ball really well, the angle of the bat second slip or third slip as opposed to pointing at the wicketkeeper.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
By watching how the reference markers lined up during assembly, they could carefully set the rotation angle between the two layers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
A group of miffed hedge funds—who were among the disfavored creditors—attacked the proposal from every angle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
It’s spray-painted in red on the blank expanse of wall above the staircase leading to the second story—that large X with each arm continued at a right angle.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
He played sensibly, taking 80 balls over his 58, until he was bowled by a wicked delivery from Foulkes that angled in, then straightened.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
“I am a deep ‘Star Wars’ fan,” he said in his second week on “The Late Show,” joking that his teleprompter was unreadable because it had angled yellow text like the famous “Star Wars” scroll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Back then, the tall angled ceilings seemed to soar and the breakfast combos looked mountainous.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
“Our shoes are built differently than anything most people have worn before,” says Matthew Tran, Birchbury’s owner and founder, since the foot sits flat instead of angled downward like conventional dress shoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
The pipe rose out of the cold stove and angled at the mud daubers’ nest.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The Topolino immediately hooked the crowd, with onlookers angling to snap photos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
If Martinez played to left centre-back Mings, Kolo Muani pressed intensely while angling his run to block the pass into Maatsen.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
The prediction markets have spent a lot of energy of late angling to convince people that they are not the complete and total Wild West that they have often appeared to be.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
Mobileye is also angling for a presence in India, the world’s third-biggest car market, where it sees “significant potential for growth” for advanced driving software.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
Elsewhere teams of slaves were raising ramps of stone and sand beneath their mangonels and scorpions, angling them upward at the sky, the better to defend the camp should the black dragon return.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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