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Adjective
  • The two men had worked together for years, selling everything from colon cleanses to get-rich-quick advice, before pivoting to crypto with uneven results.
    Eric Lipton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • An even newer device, an electronic screener or balance board, measures foot movements as the patient tries to balance themselves on an uneven surface with their eyes open, and then closed.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Evans' latest film, Havoc, stars Tom Hardy as Walker, an unsavory fixer tasked with protecting the son of real estate tycoon Lawrence Beaumont (Forest Whitaker) after the kid stumbles into a plot involving the Yakuza, crooked cops, and other assorted goons.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Rooker plays Steve, a crooked detective with a ruthless streak who holds the key to Hammer’s only weakness.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Brantly, who is going on the injured list, had been promoted two weeks ago to replace starting catcher Nick Fortes, who was placed on the injured list April 10 with a left oblique strain.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Second baseman Jeff McNeil (oblique strain) will play back-to-back games in Binghamton this weekend, and the team will evaluate his status Monday.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Askew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/askew. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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