sidle
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Do they sort of sidle up to you in the elevator and say, “Good job”? Or do they ignore you in the cafeteria and hope that this passes?
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
The final launch is to be the lunar lander Starship, which will sidle up to the gas station Starship in orbit and fill up its tanks.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
There, instead of sitting across from Emily, Adam elected to sidle up next to her while they drank their Guinnesses.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022
His acoustic gleam hinges on boundaries, Saturn’s rings hula-hooping Earth as Sun Ra’s tone-science, distributed as sidle, cackle, ballad and soul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Just then another person tried to sidle through.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
That’s when one satellite sidles up to another and either fixes it or kills it, depending on whose satellite it is and what day of the week it is.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025
He sidles up, sniffs one of the vehicles, then jumps up and plants two giant paws up on the side of the buggy.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
The team is sighing with relief when Kendall, of WDC, sidles up to Kowalcyk, quietly telling her the man next to Paul asked whether he could go inside, too.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Across the room, Roman sidles up to Gerri and tries to snow her, saying that he didn't really fire her.
From Salon ● May 8, 2023
Even Hamza is silent and swift as he sidles past.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
The Mehaffeys escorted me past the blinking slot machines and into the pit, where we sidled up alongside a gaggle of players peering over the wheel—watching the silver ball zip along the rim.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
As if on cue, Rudy, my aged Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, gingerly sidled up to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Kingsley went back inside and sidled up to the piano where Mercury was practising - it was a new song with the working title Freddie's Thing.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
But Morgan sidled over after practice anyway and we talked for about 20 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
Glory sidled up closer to Danny, both of them staring at the man in awe.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Now it has transformed itself into tumbleweed proper, sidling and bouncing wherever the wind chooses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
There are dozens of courtrooms spread across Floors 12 and 14, and observers and petitioners will bustle in and out, sidling past flocks of press and squads of federal officers.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025
Desperate times call for desperate measures, so you find yourself sidling into a café.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025
Zenyatta stay removed from the fray, sidling along like an outsider amused by all the foolishness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
And, leading them to the door, he took his leave of them, sidling away, swinging his curled mane, his golden body dappled with moonlight and shadow.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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Grade 12, List 6
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