tangent

This tangent of a tangent was patently engineered to provide a Harry Potter-style faceoff of sorcery skills, but for all its supposed drama it comes off as pretty silly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

After the reflecting pool tangent, Trump signed executive orders on US customs and protections for civil servants.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

"Some of them will run straight, some of them will not start at all, some of them will go off on a tangent or bite each other," she explained.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025

Lakers coach JJ Redick went on a bit of a tangent last month about how an overly critical media might be partly responsible for a decline in NBA ratings this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2025

As another example, if you want to find out where a ball will come to rest at the bottom of a hill, you look for a point where the tangent line is horizontal.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

This comprehensive research never weighs down his account with tangents or trivia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

They go on tangents about Palmer introducing Whitehall to the 1997 film “Soul Food,” which Whitehall proceeded to reference on set.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026

His segments include references to scandals from the Clinton era, tangents about the workings of the American Bar Association, and detailed breakdowns of the electoral politics of individual states.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025

I didn’t have the good sense to note the context of my favorite opening tangents, or what day a particularly goofy segment aired.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025

He could feel them in his hands again while overhead the gulls flew tangents.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson