as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side
cuts quite a dashing figure with a jauntily atilt beret
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Adjective
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Spiral turns, Prioli explained, are the elevated runs that lead to tilted loops around the track.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
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The winter solstice is the start of astronomical winter, when Earth's northern hemisphere is pointed the farthest away from the sun due to its tilted axis.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Recent reports that a number of current and former NBA players were allegedly faking injuries and trading inside information with crooked gamblers has left sports fans and media reeling.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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After a disastrous attempt at bedding Minde’s ex-girlfriend Edita (Vaidilė Juozaitytė), our flat-top sporting hero with a crooked smile meets Monika (Digna Kulionytė), an ambitious, studious beauty from the middle-class area of town.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Future work will focus on integrating snow-deposition modeling with PV yield simulations to more accurately predict energy losses and on expanding analyses to more complex, uneven alpine terrain.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Trojans' uneven season hasn't exactly helped slow rumors either.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Among those players were outside linebacker Princely Umanmielen (originally sidelined with an ankle), center Cade Mays (ankle) and left guard Damien Lewis (oblique).—
Alex Zietlow
November 5,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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He was released after the trade deadline but re-signed a minor league deal and was added to the postseason roster after Elias Díaz’s oblique injury.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Atilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atilt. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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