cross
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That painting depicts Christ on the cross, with a painter standing beneath him dressed in a mauve-pink-and-brown cloak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
There were also Iranian state media reports that two oil tankers had exploded as the vessels tried to cross the strait.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Damon, Bernthal and up to 25 others crammed into the dank vessel and clung to its cross beams as cold water pumped in and the silo rocked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Spa Hyu looks like a cross between a bathhouse and a tropical forest — as designed by Willy Wonka.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I cross my room in two strides and dive to the bottom of my laundry bin to get my phone.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Later that afternoon, about four miles away outside of Home Depot in Pasadena, organizers staked in the ground dozens of white crosses that bore photos of the dead — the majority of them men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Are we going to wait until 70 more die to do something?” asked Marlom Portillo, an educator with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, as he staked more crosses into the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Each time an auto part crosses the bridge, Washington will get paid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
It would free up Quinones so he could shoot, switch play or play inswinging crosses - like the one that resulted in Mexico's penalty.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
A look of disgust crosses Namontack’s face, as if he is not quite sure how to tell me his next point.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Middlesbrough did it with Giles pushing up, given his pace, endurance and quality as a crosser.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Today Kim Kardashian is a fashion mogul, prison reform advocate and crosser of picket lines.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2023
As a neighbor and frequent crosser of their campus, I deeply appreciate the peaceful beauty that you provide.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
The rules require agents and officers to justify each arrest and deportation target as either a threat to national security, a risk to public safety or a recent border crosser.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
She pointed to a section of the fence, and I began leading the horses to it, while Ruth seemed to get crosser and crosser with me, saying I was doing everything wrong.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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“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
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As for misjudgin’, I’ve often an’ over again heard ’em say I was the crossest feller they ever did meet with, but they never was more out in their reckoning.”
From Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Why, he's the ugliest-tempered, crossest, hatefullest, disagreeablest old snapping-turtle ever you saw.
From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes
I think Burney's the crossest woman in the world.
From Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. by Alcott, Louisa May
The wild boar is as fast as a horse, and as savage as the crossest bull.
From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Stockton, Frank Richard
And when he crossed the finish line, he was all by himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Between 1 January and 13 July 2026, a total of 12,469 people crossed the English Channel by small boat from France.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“In my experience, clients tend to feel a greater sense of relief once they’ve crossed the $500,000 threshold,” Sara Young, a financial planner and founder of Live and Give Financial, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Because we don’t think that we crossed any ethical barriers.”
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
“You think we’ve crossed this river before? Come on! You got all turned around when you got spooked by that skunk.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The expansion of space will prevent it from crossing the growing distance.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
A Home Office spokesperson said the crossing served as a "stark reminder that criminal gangs have no regard for the safety of those they claim to help".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
According to Homeland Security, members of the Trusted Traveler Program “use expedited clearance lanes on arrival at U.S. airports and when crossing international land and sea borders.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
A year later, he fled to the U.S., crossing the border from Mexico hiding in the trunk of a car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
They walked all morning without stopping for food or water: crossing boggy valleys choked with chattering aspen; climbing hills darkened by ever-wakeful pines.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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