athwart

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His war aims run athwart the Napoleonic dictum: If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Caivano elaborated on Washington's various interventionist economic policies, including a number of legislative and executive measures that were initially very unpopular because they seemed to run athwart the notion of a government with limited power.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

They stand athwart history, spewing a venomous lie that has claimed too many lives.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2022

In this situation, it is especially important to have the pope standing athwart the divide with an unwavering call to uphold human dignity and serve the common good.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

We marched up athwart a hillock toward the house, Olakunde beating our step to better impress upon the inhabitants our seriousness of purpose.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson