over the way
idiom
British
: across from someone on the other side of the street
They live over the way from us.
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In seeking a stay of his ruling, lawyers for the state said Florida would have no control over the way gender-affirming care is provided if the decision is not blocked.
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Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
But the actor, whose last day on the ABC soap was June 27, has one regret over the way his character, Dr. Hamilton Finn, wrapped his time in Port Charles.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 July 2024
After years of worry over the way people interpret the National Hurricane Center’s forecast cone graphic, the weather center will bring an experimental new graphic online this summer.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
After more than an hour of contentious public comment demanding a ceasefire resolution over Israel’s war in Gaza, Hartford city council members are facing criticism over the way it was conducted.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2024
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Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
But the actor, whose last day on the ABC soap was June 27, has one regret over the way his character, Dr. Hamilton Finn, wrapped his time in Port Charles.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 July 2024
After years of worry over the way people interpret the National Hurricane Center’s forecast cone graphic, the weather center will bring an experimental new graphic online this summer.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
After more than an hour of contentious public comment demanding a ceasefire resolution over Israel’s war in Gaza, Hartford city council members are facing criticism over the way it was conducted.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2024
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