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crossing

[kraw-sing, kros-ing] / ˈkrɔ sɪŋ, ˈkrɒs ɪŋ /


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As supplies dwindled, the couple said they made an attempt to find food by crossing through minefields earlier this month.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

England started steadily enough with wing Claudia Moloney-MacDonald crossing twice in the first 12 minutes, her second coming via a looping mis-pass from fly-half Holly Aitchison.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Esther San Emeterio, who is awaiting news of her brother, said the "anxiety" her family was experiencing was "crossing a line".

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The hobbit calendar is not altogether separate from ours—we revolve around the same sun—but recorded time begins in Year One, when the hobbits arrived in the Shire by crossing the Brandywine River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

They walked all morning without stopping for food or water: crossing boggy valleys choked with chattering aspen; climbing hills darkened by ever-wakeful pines.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

There has been no reconstruction and little recovery, with Israel tightly controlling the entry of goods through crossings.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Midblock crossings often surprise drivers, said Rebecca Sanders, national safety practice research lead at Fehr & Peers, a transportation consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The Revolutionary Guard have claimed the vessels ran into mines after conducting what they said were illegal crossings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Since September 10, the IOM detected more than 20,000 crossings to Djibouti from Ethiopia, despite a surge in conflict in Yemen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Steamer crossings to Europe were resumed, after being suspended during four years of war, and new routes, this time to North America, became the rage.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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