athwart
Example Sentences
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The urge to stand athwart AI, yelling “stop!”
From Washington Post
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
From Los Angeles Times
William F. Buckley Jr., a founder of National Review, once famously described a conservative as “someone who stands athwart history, yelling ‘Stop!’ at a time when no one is inclined to do so.”
From New York Times
Even William F. Buckley Jr., the putative founder of modern conservatism and a supposedly sunnier, more optimistic philosophy, said that the mission of conservatism was to "stand athwart history yelling stop."
From Salon
They stand athwart history, spewing a venomous lie that has claimed too many lives.
From Los Angeles Times
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