cross paths

phrase

: to meet especially by chance

crossed paths with an old friend on a business trip

Examples of cross paths in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The second season, which premiered earlier this month, picks up after the cliffhanger that saw members of the X-Men team scattered across time to cross paths with different versions of the powerful supervillain Apocalypse. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Damon and Barroso have been together for over two decades, after crossing paths by chance in 2003 while Damon was filming Stuck on You in Miami, where Barroso was working as a bartender. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026

Since Promised Land, Damon and Krasinski — PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2007 and 2024, respectively — have crossed paths professionally again. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026

Discoveries unearthed in a cave in what’s now Turkey indicate the two groups did not merely cross paths but may have shared some cultural traditions, making similar tools and collecting the same kind of shell. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Rhymes for cross paths

• footpaths
• baths
• laths
• maths
• osteopaths
• psychopaths