across

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For decades, the information that fueled insider trading was found on Wall Street or inside the glass offices of public companies across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

A United Nations report issued this year estimated that at least 300,000 people have been trafficked into scam compounds across Southeast Asia.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

The fossil, which comes from a plated dinosaur that lived about 150 million years ago, is also helping researchers propose a new explanation for how stegosaurs evolved and spread across the world.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Although he lived and worked across London, New York, Zurich, and Australia his work was influenced by the city where he was born and he retained his "distinct Brummie humour," she said.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Clare tugged his hood farther over his mangled ear and, dropping to all fours, sprang across the street.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman