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sideways

[sahyd-weyz] / ˈsaɪdˌweɪz /


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The detector repeatedly records more baryons than antibaryons emerging sideways from the collisions, perpendicular to the direction of the incoming beams.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

The news came the way it always comes in my family, sideways, through a phone.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

"It's going to impact and its going to send up a huge plume of dust, maybe 50km into the air or more, and that's going to spread sideways over time," Bothwell said.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

At the checkout, another older man asked about the wine I was carefully laying down sideways on the fast-moving conveyor belt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The young jeweler fell sideways in a faint.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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