crossways

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Villaraigosa, a former labor leader who’s gotten crossways with teacher unions among other party mainstays, professed not to care.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

Mr. Pieters said he first got crossways with the agency after a lawyer complained about his Twitter posts to his supervisors.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2023

In other words, it’s certainly possible, although the DOJ spokesman denies it, that yet again Barr has gotten crossways with his own department over religious liberty.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2020

Modly explained that his predecessor, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, “lost his job because the Navy Department got crossways with the president” in the Gallagher case.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2020

He marked the shocks with a bundle of straw laid crossways on top so the workers could easily find them.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson