sideways
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Many videos on social media promoting lymphatic massage show a woman either standing sideways, facing the front or perhaps lying down with her stomach showing a slight - and very normal - curve outwards.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Stock futures moved sideways and 10-year Treasury yields held close to multiyear highs in cautious early European trade, as oil prices rose further on the continued stalemate in talks between the U.S. and Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
And if hungry, it will strike “at almost any sideways movement.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
During the early days of the tobacco lawsuits, the tobacco companies were declaring up, down, and sideways that they didn’t know any of this, that they were just doing the best they could.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“It sounds like you’ve got some Disney-fied expectations of Sandy June’s —and dating in general. Dreaming is important, but real life, the way it comes at you sideways, is always going to be a surprise.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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