across

Example Sentences

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He stood carefully on the chair after it stopped twirling, and slithered across the big desktop on his tummy until he reached what he wanted.

From Literature

She went back to her closet and found the screen of a toy television and taped it on the wall across from the control panel.

From Literature

The Martins are leaders of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies a religious group that imposed excessive control over members’ lives and finances and operated for years across the Inland Empire, prosecutors say.

From Los Angeles Times

Vast news deserts with no local coverage exist across the country, and independent reporting of any issue, concern, pastime, government action, youth activity or local PTA is nearly impossible to find.

From Salon

Numerous flood warnings are in effect across the UK after January ended with record-breaking rainfall and February has shown no sign of reprieve.

From BBC