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placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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Several utility lines must be relocated, a large storm drain bisects the site diagonally and multiple sections of street must be eliminated on 13th Street, Commercial Street and National Avenue.
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Now draw an imaginary line diagonally through the Dipper's bowl from Dubhe (the upper right star in the bowl) down through Phecda (the lower left star in the bowl) and extend that line downward about twice the distance between those two stars and that will bring you to the vicinity of Cor Caroli.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Fold squares in half diagonally over filling to create triangles.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
The slim plot, a leftover from when the Avenue of the Americas cut diagonally through the grid in the 1920s, was for many decades home to a gas station and carwash.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Now draw an imaginary line diagonally through the Dipper's bowl from Dubhe (the upper right star in the bowl) down through Phecda (the lower left star in the bowl) and extend that line downward about twice the distance between those two stars and that will bring you to the vicinity of Cor Caroli.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Fold squares in half diagonally over filling to create triangles.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
The slim plot, a leftover from when the Avenue of the Americas cut diagonally through the grid in the 1920s, was for many decades home to a gas station and carwash.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diagonally. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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