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cross

[kraws, kros] / krɔs, krɒs /


ADJECTIVE
lying across each other
Synonyms






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Sometimes it’s just when you cross the finish line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

A man has been charged over the deaths of two men and two women who drowned trying to cross the Channel on Thursday.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Many of the vessels that cross the strait fly common shipping flags such as those of Panama, the Marshall Islands, and Malta.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

"They are meant to cross reference to see if they are on a course, not on a course, or where they are," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

And so we find Major Puff, marching back and forth, back and forth, behind a hillock and out of sight of Duane and Handsome, who will soon cross the river.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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