perpendicular

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Tévoédjrè stood beside an armored vehicle on the perpendicular street, positioned between the oncoming column and Talon’s residence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

On Wednesday in Minnesota, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was in her car, perpendicular to traffic, during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

The images revealed two separate gas flows moving in perpendicular directions -- a sign that the event involved multiple ejections interacting with each other.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

But, on the day of an equinox, the tilt of Earth's axis is perpendicular to the Sun's rays, producing a nearly equal amount of day and night all over the world.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

The text was written in columns perpendicular to the long axis of the scroll.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro