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With its exquisite controls—a knob to wind the clock, a key to wind the bell and a button to silence the alarm—it was a bewildering cross between jewelry and a grown-up appliance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
"El Niño conditions will pour fuel on the fire of a warming world. Impacts will hit even harder, travel even farther, and cross borders with devastating speed," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The snackiest expression of the theme: a loose, lemony caper relish that lives in the refrigerator waiting to improve whatever happens to cross its path.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
I’ll have my Scooby snacks ready in case we ever cross paths.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
You never know whose territory might cross your own, whose mystery might begin to unfold in front of you, at just the right moment.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing cross
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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Even More Negative Words to Describe a Person
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