placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
Recent Examples on the WebWhen the driver tried to back up and scare off the animal by honking, the bear slammed the vehicle with its paw, cracking the windshield diagonally.—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024 The corpses are washing up by the thousands on Southern California’s beaches: a transparent ringed oval like a giant thumbprint 2 to 3 inches long, with a sail-like fin running diagonally down the length of the body.—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024 From there, the path of totality will cut diagonally across the country before ending around 3:35 p.m. EDT in Lee, Maine.—Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024 The path will then cut diagonally across the country, traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024 Cut a single white marshmallow diagonally and dip it into pink sprinkles.—Jillian Dara, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 He and his girlfriend, Strickland, were seated diagonally across from the massive hole left in the plane when the door plug blew out, forcing an emergency landing.—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024 The eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean and will move diagonally across Mexico, the United States and Canada.—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024 Cut the steak diagonally across the grain into thin slices.—Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
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