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Many rooms on bigger Mediterranean ships, including sailings from Princess Cruises, Holland America and Cunard, with routes that cross the path of totality’s southern tip, are still up for grabs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

I no­ticed one of the biggest inmates had subtly slowed his pace so that he would not cross the path of the new inmate.

From Time • Apr. 18, 2014

Those patrols, which continue today, have kept watch on the icebergs floating over the underwater plateau of the Banks, where transatlantic shipping routes cross the path of icebergs drifting down from Greenland.

From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2012

Eventually it became the fortune of two members to take a long trip across a great water, there to cross the path of an elderly Britisher of German origin.

From Time Magazine Archive

As I go along, carefully resetting each snare, I know I can never quite replicate his eye for balance, his instinct for where the prey will cross the path.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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