as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
fold the napkin cornerwise and then fold it again
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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
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Locating and tracking an object that's only a few feet across, with its position uncertain, is not an easy task, but the observations allowed the astronomers to pinpoint the asteroid's trajectory and flyby time.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Alonso and his team will fly a total of 17 hours across to Kazakhstan and back, before facing Villarreal at home in La Liga on Saturday.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Cornerwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornerwise. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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