crosscut
Example Sentences
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“I don’t like the crosscut, because you’re relying on someone else.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
One day, her four-person crew hiked three miles into the woods toting a crosscut saw.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2021
He brought to the club the skills to work a crosscut saw and swing a pulaski - a wildland firefighter’s hand tool that’s been in use for more than a century.
From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2018
It features footage of an unnamed white rat crosscut with video of his granddaughter Amy when she was about a year old.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 25, 2016
I wouldn’t have been more scared if someone had thrown a crosscut saw at me.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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