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placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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From there, the path of totality will cut diagonally across the country before ending around 3:35 p.m. EDT in Lee, Maine.
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Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The path will then cut diagonally across the country, traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Cut a single white marshmallow diagonally and dip it into pink sprinkles.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
He and his girlfriend, Strickland, were seated diagonally across from the massive hole left in the plane when the door plug blew out, forcing an emergency landing.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
The eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean and will move diagonally across Mexico, the United States and Canada.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Cut the steak diagonally across the grain into thin slices.
—Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
Using your other hand, diagonally fold the top right corner down to the center.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2024
In straight checkers, pieces move forward diagonally one square at a time, capturing opponents along the way.
—Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The path will then cut diagonally across the country, traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Cut a single white marshmallow diagonally and dip it into pink sprinkles.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
He and his girlfriend, Strickland, were seated diagonally across from the massive hole left in the plane when the door plug blew out, forcing an emergency landing.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
The eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean and will move diagonally across Mexico, the United States and Canada.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
Cut the steak diagonally across the grain into thin slices.
—Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
Using your other hand, diagonally fold the top right corner down to the center.
—Maggie Burch, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2024
In straight checkers, pieces move forward diagonally one square at a time, capturing opponents along the way.
—Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diagonally. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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