crossing
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That is even at the risk of crossing longtime allies.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Washington trade negotiators want to encourage more North American content in servers, chips and other equipment crossing America’s southern border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In one of our final negotiation sessions, when we’re supposed to be dotting i’s and crossing t’s, he worries aloud about how these two vastly different companies are going to mesh their different cultures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Earlier this year, Chinese marathoner Li Meizhen made headlines after crossing the finish line at the Hengshui Lake Marathon with menstrual blood on her legs.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Within weeks, versions of “Singular Revelations” circulated throughout the country’s newspapers, appearing in Vermont, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and North Carolina, then crossing the Atlantic to Dublin and London.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The NCA said the drop followed a "significant increase in arrests and seizures", although added "fluctuating demand" for crossings, and the French authorities preventing boat launches had also played a role.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A day before that incident, hundreds of masked protesters massed in Dover, further east, briefly blocking access to the town's busy Channel port to demonstrate against migrant crossings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Sometimes the number of crossings has dropped to 200 a day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
But while the number of boat crossings over summer months has dropped to its lowest since 2019, smugglers appear to have started loading more people onto fewer, larger vessels dubbed "mega dinghies".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Chief Marshal Williams, for instance, had jumped aboard a passing engine and was now at one of the remaining bridge crossings, hosing it down.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
