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tilt

noun as in lean, slope

verb as in lean, slant

verb as in attack, fight

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And while Hurts finished the game with 280 passing yards, his highest total of the season, the offensive imbalance has tilted steeply in the opposite direction of past weeks.

Many regional lenders’ businesses also tilt less toward loans like credit cards or lines of credit to big companies, which have floating interest rates that rise as rates do.

But, he told a dismayed Combs, who twice tilted his head up and sighed, there was light at the end of his jail sentence.

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In a twitch, a head tilt or a whine, Indy communicates his emotions: curious, lonely, contented, confused, fretful, desperate or petrified.

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If voters approve Proposition 50, Golden State Democrats would see the odds tilted further in their favor, while the number of Republicans representing California in Washington, D.C., could be reduced by half.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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