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On Idlewild Avenue in Seminole Heights on Wednesday afternoon, a massive tree straight out of a children’s book sat violently askew on someone’s lawn, resting against a downed power line.

From Slate

Lane — the eldest member of the core group and its most magnetic — found writing in the midst of tour, in a familiar yet askew routine, to be a particular challenge.

But when classes started in the fall, I noticed something was askew.

From Salon

As he lounges on a hotel couch in New York, his hair typically askew, Burton, 66, recalls identifying with Ryder when he first considered her for the role of Lydia, who wears a black veil over her face and intones, “My whole life is a darkroom — one big dark room.”

However, while in Atlanta, the 19-year-old was criticized for her hair being “askew.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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