laterally

Example Sentences

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The proportion of attacking phases in which the ball is moved 20 metres laterally from the previous breakdown has nearly doubled.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

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

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

The ceratioids then developed features such as larger jaws, smaller eyes and laterally compressed bodies -- adaptations tailored to life in an environment with limited food and no sunlight.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

As it did, wind shear blew it laterally off course.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir