cross
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The government's "one in, one out" scheme to send migrants who cross the Channel back to France costs on average £56,000 per person, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Kraft, 85 years old, said in a statement that he thought allowing Macklemore to perform at Gillette after his comments would cross a line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The second point to cross the majority threshold was cosmic inflation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they targeted 10 vessels that were attempting to cross this prohibited area of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
‘I know you didn’t do it. And I know you couldn’t have done it, either. I shouldn’t be cross with you. I just – you left me. All of you. I had no one.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
“They’ve always been saying the ‘now’ should be when the capability of their machines crosses a threshold,” Tegmark said Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Alexander-Arnold lined up alongside Federico Valverde but had a mixed evening, creating two chances and attempting more crosses than any other Real player - but failing to win a tackle.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The new facility could divert and treat the river as it crosses from Mexico, supervisors said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Around 100 wells are located in Uganda's largest and oldest national park, Murchison Falls, and there are fears of leaks from the pipeline that crosses fragile and highly biodiverse ecosystems and wildlife migration routes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
She plops down, crosses her legs, and puts her mic next to mine.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
Today Kim Kardashian is a fashion mogul, prison reform advocate and crosser of picket lines.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2023
Future first-round draft pick Quentin Johnston took a short crosser from Duggan and turned it up the sideline for a 76-yard score that put the Frogs up 10.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
Just for good measure, the Tar Heels repeated the process in the 74th minute, but with Libby Moore serving the crosser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
A fine crosser, his energy often drives the team forward in difficult moments.
From BBC ● May 24, 2022
“But if I do, I shall be crosser still. I can never bear to think of you all there without me.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
“You’re the crossest person in it!” returned Amy, washing out the sum that was all wrong with the tears that had fallen on her slate.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
There this Princess, the crossest and most disagreeable of all the disagreeable six, was curled up in bed and slumbering cosily.
From Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
"You bet it's tough!" says Slug 10, the crossest old dog of the pack.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by John McGovern
So instinctively chivalrous was he that there was "no service which the ugliest, oldest, crossest woman in the world might not have exacted of him."
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds
And, Phil, the crossest old cow lives in this field.
From Black-Eyed Susan by Ethel Calvert Phillips
Between 1 January and 14 September 2026, a total of 17,425 people crossed the English Channel by small boat from France.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield on Monday crossed the key 5% threshold, which in turn nudged the 30-year mortgage rate upward.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
As she crossed the border, Anna Klymenko, a dermatologist in Kyiv, saw the locomotive that Russia had destroyed the day before.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
His longtime girlfriend had just broken up with him, his teammates were mocking him behind his back and, at 23, he had crossed the line from prospect to liability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
I pulled my hand back and crossed my arms.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
That is even at the risk of crossing longtime allies.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
A vessel was struck while crossing the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday morning, sparking a fire and forcing the evacuation of its crew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The crossing plays a key role in bringing food staples to the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Anthony, a Zimbabwean in his forties, was picked up by the ICE last year after crossing the Mexican border at the end of a long, dangerous trek through central America.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
In our neighborhood we can get to a couple of parks by bike, but the closest store requires crossing a highway ramp, so I'm not allowed.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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