sideways
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The size of the sideways shift depends only on the wavelength of the light and not on how tightly the laser beam is focused.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
While the country was knocked sideways by the Sept. 11 attacks, I was a closeted kid alone in a new city, and football did something for me that I have never forgotten.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
The global selloff in sovereign debt paused and equity markets moved sideways in early European trade as investors were on alert for further currency intervention after the Japanese yen surged against the dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The U.S. oil benchmark has been making small dips, then moving sideways briefly before rising again.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He shot upward, lurching sideways, first away from the cliff and then—astonishingly fast —toward it.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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