across the street
idiom
: on or to the other side of the street directly across from something
They live across the street (from us).
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Footage of the aftermath showed thick, orange flames billowing into the pitch-black sky, vehicles twisted and charred from the blast and victims strewn across the street.
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Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
Security camera footage from a nearby apartment complex showed the naked man walking across the street prior to the incident, seemingly talking to himself and grabbing a sign, per NBC 4.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Both buildings will likely be open for the rest of the year and into early 2026 as court administrators move operations across the street from the 1928 building to the one that formally opened Monday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
—Douglas Hanks
november 10, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
Stoner’s gym is across the street from the bus station on Division Street.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
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Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
Security camera footage from a nearby apartment complex showed the naked man walking across the street prior to the incident, seemingly talking to himself and grabbing a sign, per NBC 4.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Both buildings will likely be open for the rest of the year and into early 2026 as court administrators move operations across the street from the 1928 building to the one that formally opened Monday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
—Douglas Hanks
november 10, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
Stoner’s gym is across the street from the bus station on Division Street.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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