across the street

Example Sentences

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Eventually, they posted a sign across the street from the owner’s home featuring his image and the words, “I stole a family’s life savings.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Since 2022, the “big saving grace if you lost your job has been you could go across the street and find a new one,” Song said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The insularity of the “60 Minutes” operation — which has its own suite of offices across the street from the main headquarters of CBS News — has rankled the network’s executives in the past.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Last September, Ríhanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, preparing to start her bartending shift, when she noticed a group of men across the street.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

Powell handed his horse to Herold and walked across the street to the secretary's front door.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson