askew
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There are a number of other reasons someone might look askew from the back view.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026
In the fourth quarter of 2025, demand growth will even ease back compared to the previous three months, "adding to market balances that look increasingly askew", the IEA said.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
Young Andrew, by contrast, looked a bit of a scapegrace, tie askew.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025
Now slightly askew, we ascend many stairs and descend many hills from The Old Man and cross the harbor toward Kowloon.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
The stairs themselves seemed more or less unharmed, save for some carpets kicked askew and the ribbon bows untied and thrown everywhere, but the second floor landing was, as they say nowadays, trashed.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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