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Recent Examples of oblique Zack Steffen made his return to action after an oblique injury in mid-May took him off the field before a knee injury at U.S. Men’s National Team camp required surgery. Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 13 July 2025 Luis Gil, last year’s AL Rookie of the Year, hasn’t pitched this season due to a right lat strain, and the Yankees are awaiting Ryan Yarbrough’s return from an oblique strain. Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 12 July 2025 The injury isn’t related to the oblique strain that landed him on the IL in May, according to the training staff, but Winker already has a history of back injuries. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025 An oblique injury that later cost him two months only added to the frustration of a season that limited him to 44 games with the parent club. Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for oblique
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblique
Adjective
  • With a single subwoofer, the frequency response can be uneven because of peaks and dips in certain frequency ranges.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • As a result, the effects of the defunding will be uneven.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • With Arrival Mode for diagonal moves, Low Ride mode for dramatic exits, and air suspension paired with MagneRide dampers, the tech delivers real benefits, not gimmicks.
    Josh Max, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • It was surrounded on every side by a moat-like parking lot, every parking space neatly marked by diagonal lines, white for transient parking, yellow for monthly parking, green for the building’s maintenance personnel.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • There are all sorts of bad husbands in The Hunting Wives: Jed (Dermot Mulroney) is a horny oil tycoon with his eyes set on the governor’s mansion, Clint (Jason Davis) is a snobby reverend, and Jonny (Branton Box) is a crooked sheriff.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The black hole and its crooked jet are found in a blazar known as OJ 287, located about four billion light-years away.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025

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“Oblique.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblique. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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