sideways
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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
He looked sideways at CEOs’ request for industry regulation, saying that the move might be a “Trojan Horse” masking their true intentions.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
He adds that it is also not illuminating concerns about a material inflation shock or other macro/geopolitical shock, as those are accounted for by the term premium, which has also moved sideways of late.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The size of the sideways shift depends only on the wavelength of the light and not on how tightly the laser beam is focused.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Somebody was torn from his sled by the wind and the dogs blew thirty miles across the ice sideways and he didn’t find them for two days.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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