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
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
As much as the major wildfires were spreading seaward — as is typical during Santa Anas — the blazes were growing laterally, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
"The pedalling feels very different and the overall sensations of moving on the water, either laterally or vertically, is wildly different from any kind of cycling," Lambie says.
From BBC ● Sep. 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
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