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Even with these advances, positioning signals encounter interference and other conditions that can make them go awry.
HYPER-ACCURATE POSITIONING IS ROLLING OUT WORLDWIDEKATIE MCLEANFEBRUARY 24, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Instead of feeling anxious about a social interaction that went awry, looming deadlines, or any other number of anxiety-inducing events in the real world, your anxiety is now attached to the monster on the screen.
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More disturbing, there are signs extremists on both sides are prepared to take to the streets if they feel things have gone awry.
BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THE COMING DAYSALAN MURRAYNOVEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNE
People leading up to 1800 legitimately feared something was going awry with the Democratic system and that the country was at risk of backsliding into monarchy.
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Tackling it in real time in the middle of a political knife fight is almost certainly going to go awry.
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Prucka also said that the organizers are taking some safety precautions in case something goes awry.
SELF-DRIVING CARS WILL HIT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN A LANDMARK A.I. RACEJONATHANVANIAN2015SEPTEMBER 19, 2020FORTUNE
She cried out as she did so, and then rising with some difficulty, immediately sat down again with her face awry.
THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSS
For everything which goes awry she has this answer: "Well, you would get up so early!"
THE PETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFE, COMPLETEHONORE DE BALZAC
That complacent remark struck the ear awry, like the whine of a deacons report at a Sunday-school convention.
GARDENS OF THE CARIBBEES, V. 1/2IDA MAY HILL STARR
Hotspur, after a mad gallop, had raced back riderless to the stables, stirrups dangling and saddle awry.
MAID SALLYHARRIET A. CHEEVER
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WORDS RELATED TO AWRY

  • angular
  • aslant
  • at right angles
  • athwart
  • awry
  • contrariwise
  • crisscross
  • cross
  • crossing
  • diagonally
  • from side to side
  • horizontally
  • longways
  • on the bias
  • over
  • perpendicular
  • sideways
  • thwart
  • transversal
  • transverse
  • transversely
  • traverse
  • vertically
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