horizontally

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One drawing, displayed horizontally, is over 10 feet long.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Transform faults are areas where tectonic plates move horizontally alongside each other, and Gofar has become one of the best studied examples on the ocean floor.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

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

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

Grabbing the scarves, we pick up the wood, now the size of our bodies, and carry it horizontally on our backs.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung