laterally

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She has been in intensive therapy this week, posting videos of her squatting, jumping and moving laterally in a knee brace.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

His only possible path was to back his truck along the driveway’s edge, angle the boom under the Camry and move it laterally so he could tow it away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

One of his conclusions was that throwing the ball "laterally or backwards can increase throw-in success rates in comparison to throwing the ball forwards", and the "higher-ranked teams utilised this strategy more often".

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

Unlike universal injunctions, which are top-down blocks, collateral estoppel works laterally — one court at a time, but each building on the last.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

In a scene that sounded remarkably like what Voight had just told Crandell, the force of the eruption was directed laterally, out from the side of the volcano.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone