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as in suspiciously
with distrust
she glanced at us sideways when she heard us claim we weren't there that night
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Recent Examples of sideways
That means formal statements are unlikely to reveal much about any progress unless things go sideways.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
That’s because Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old legend racing with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, violently crashed just 13 seconds into her race, losing control on the first jump as her pole hit a gate, turning sideways in the air and slamming to the ground.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Staff shortages, power outages and computer problems are some reasons things might go sideways.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
He could be fully cleared for the start of the offseason program on April 6, which is sooner than most expected when his foot was pointing sideways three months ago.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
That’s because Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old legend racing with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, violently crashed just 13 seconds into her race, losing control on the first jump as her pole hit a gate, turning sideways in the air and slamming to the ground.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Staff shortages, power outages and computer problems are some reasons things might go sideways.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026
He could be fully cleared for the start of the offseason program on April 6, which is sooner than most expected when his foot was pointing sideways three months ago.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sideways
Adverb
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Prices start at $17, which feels almost suspiciously good for pieces this wearable.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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The poster wrote that a man had acted suspiciously near the scene before the shooting.—
Mark Reynolds,
The Providence Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Suddenly, categorization could work both laterally and linearly.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Along with coaches George Halas, Clark Shaughnessy, and Ralph Jones, Luckman was a pioneer in the T Formation motion, with three running backs lined up behind the quarterback and a man shifting laterally and behind the line of scrimmage.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Official Hollywood posters, especially in the Reagan years, were spurned in favor of surreal homegrown imagery, most of it only obliquely connected to the movies in question.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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In related news, drummer Josh Freese recently commented obliquely on his short stint as a Foo Fighter.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Sideways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sideways. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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