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During De Zerbi's time at Marseille, diagonal runs from wide attackers on the last line, found by willing vertical passers, worked as a way of finding goals.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The stripes are narrower and there are interwoven diagonal lines, but this is still very definitely a Real Betis shirt - one of the most recognisable designs in European football.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Walking in these diagonal directions, as well as 5 feet in the straight compass directions, shows that many pairs of dots on this giant chessboard are exactly 5 feet apart.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

SpotGamma explains that a put diagonal spread combines the sale of a shorter-dated put with the purchase of a longer-dated put at a different strike price.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

I hitched up my skirts and cut a diagonal to meet up with them.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

For once there was a justification for Mr. Koolhaas’s sportive diagonals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

He will sit deep when required and push high when he can; will play neat possession football in some fixtures and tell his players to hit longer diagonals out to the wide men in others.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

The result is a strikingly fantastical depiction of the city now known as Beijing, using, Hockney added, “harsh edges, strong diagonals, mad perspectives.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

Six colors - red, black, green, pink, yellow and blue - are layered in exactly the same order, only now in horizontal stripes instead of the Netherlands-created One Love’s diagonals.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

“Look at the diagonals that Audubon sets up first,” Mr. Powell said.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt