crossing
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In one of our final negotiation sessions, when we’re supposed to be dotting i’s and crossing t’s, he worries aloud about how these two vastly different companies are going to mesh their different cultures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The brothers covered about 260 miles in a straight line over the course of eight months, but travelled nearly 10 times that overall while crossing through a broken-up landscape.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Earlier this year, Chinese marathoner Li Meizhen made headlines after crossing the finish line at the Hengshui Lake Marathon with menstrual blood on her legs.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, who was also there, said the train he was on had an evacuation warning but could proceed to the border crossing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Ella walked around its colossal base and she felt that familiar crossing tug again.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
The NCA said a "number of key suppliers" had also been targeted, including the jailing of Adem Savas who reportedly supplied equipment used in about half of all crossings in 2023.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In August, the Home Office credited police in France with intercepting 185 potential crossings involving 4,300 migrants this summer over four separate weeks, as well as stopping 12 boats at sea using new techniques.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A day before that incident, hundreds of masked protesters massed in Dover, further east, briefly blocking access to the town's busy Channel port to demonstrate against migrant crossings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sometimes the number of crossings has dropped to 200 a day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
They had the definite impression that that was what zebra crossings were meant for.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
