cross the mind

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But it is difficult to think that the possibility it might also coincide with a Grand Slam bid did not cross the mind of organisers.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

But no sooner does that loaded word — domesticate — cross the mind than you begin confronting gender questions.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021

If nothing else, remember that this would never cross the mind of a straight person, as they’d simply check the “heterosexual” box without a second thought.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2020

Curiously enough, it did not cross the mind of either of us that we could possibly have any other use for that money.

From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack

Birds were singing in the sky, and it was pitiful to think that any other thoughts but those of rapture at the joy of living should ever cross the mind.

From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George