- present participle of cross.
crossing
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“We are now dangerously close to crossing a moral red line: the autonomous targeting of humans by machines,” U.N.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Floodwaters tore through towns and villages and engulfed Gyirong Port, the major land crossing between China and Nepal, in a wall of water and mud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Her portrayal of Doralee Rhodes combined comic timing with warmth, helping to redefine expectations of performers crossing over from music into film.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Iran’s recently created agency, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, identified 46 vessels it says violated its rules for crossing the strait and threatened them with fines, detention or seizure of their cargoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
IT must be the same as going to the moon, crossing the interior of Alaska by dog team.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
He also added that he was pleased with the drastic reduction in illegal border crossings.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Germany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small boat crossings on the English Channel, the BBC has learned.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
There were 10 crossings on Monday compared with an average of 15 a day so far this month, according to Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Labour said the government's efforts to work with European countries to tackle small boat crossings were "bearing fruit".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
However, the colonization of both the Bismarck and the Solomon Archipelagoes northeast of New Guinea, by 35,000 years ago, required further overwater crossings of dozens of miles.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
