crossroad
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The 52-year-old's deteriorating condition meant that he reached a crossroad by his mid-40s.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
Stephan's Quintet represents "a galactic crossroad where past collisions between galaxies have left behind a complex field of debris," which has now been reawakened by the passage of the galaxy, NGC 7318b.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
We’ll be tasked to look at crossroad puzzles in unexpected ways, to piece together visual obstacles, construct actual puzzles and partake in one task that feels like a mini science experiment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
The street provides a crossroad between Georgia Avenue and University Boulevard, but residents contend that it is ill-suited for the amount of traffic it thereby gets.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
At the time of the crossroad contretemps, Eugene Hammond of the newly organized Overland Automobile Company of Terre Haute was the motorneer at the wheel of the car.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
El-Obeid sits at a key crossroads linking army-held areas in central and eastern Sudan, including Khartoum, with RSF-controlled Darfur to the west.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Read: The S&P 500 is at a critical crossroads.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
That’s the big news of the day, and it’s also a crossroads in your evening.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
The authors find that “each fifty-year marker on America’s 250-year journey since 1776 has found our country at a crossroads of some sort.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The spot corresponding to the famous crossroads lies just a few yards north of the mosque.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
