horizontally

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Hansen took questions from media while wedged in horizontally and described the joy of floating: "It just makes me feel like a little kid."

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

This earthquake was triggered by a strike-slip fault, where two large sections of the Earth's crust move horizontally past each other along a vertical fracture.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Controllers must also ensure all planes, which come in an array of sizes, are safely separated both vertically and horizontally because large passenger jets cause greater turbulence and instability for the aircraft around them.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

The vehicles take off similar to helicopters and fly horizontally like traditional planes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

His neat pencil mustache divided his upper lip horizontally into half and ended exactly in line with the ends of his mouth.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy