laterally

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His only possible path was to back his truck along the driveway’s edge, angle the boom under the Camry and move it laterally so he could tow it away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

One of his conclusions was that throwing the ball "laterally or backwards can increase throw-in success rates in comparison to throwing the ball forwards", and the "higher-ranked teams utilised this strategy more often".

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

Unlike universal injunctions, which are top-down blocks, collateral estoppel works laterally — one court at a time, but each building on the last.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

The ceratioids then developed features such as larger jaws, smaller eyes and laterally compressed bodies -- adaptations tailored to life in an environment with limited food and no sunlight.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

The movements occur not just laterally as the Earth’s plates move across the surface, but up and down as well, as rocks rise and fall under the churning process known as convection.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson