over the way
idiom
British
: across from someone on the other side of the street
They live over the way from us.
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Frustration over the way public health officials handled the pandemic helped fuel rising mistrust in not just vaccines, but science in general, especially on the right.
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Monica Potts, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
Among the instances cited in the letter — from Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) — is Carr’s decision to investigate CBS News over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris, a response to a complaint from a conservative group.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
Horton, have sounded the alarm over the way growing inventory in Texas and Florida is affecting sales in the two states—which is leading homebuilders to increase incentives for buyers.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Trump’s pick for the FCC, Brendan Carr, has given some credence to Trump gripe’s against over the way that 60 Minutes edited the Harris interview.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
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Monica Potts, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
Among the instances cited in the letter — from Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) — is Carr’s decision to investigate CBS News over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris, a response to a complaint from a conservative group.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
Horton, have sounded the alarm over the way growing inventory in Texas and Florida is affecting sales in the two states—which is leading homebuilders to increase incentives for buyers.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Trump’s pick for the FCC, Brendan Carr, has given some credence to Trump gripe’s against over the way that 60 Minutes edited the Harris interview.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
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