How to Use cross paths in a Sentence
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Our lives are full, ideally, and after 93 years a person crosses paths with an untold number of people in different contexts.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
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Jackson and Turner-Smith first crossed paths at Usher's 40th birthday in 2018.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
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The duo has even been photographed alongside Swift, having crossed paths with her several times since her relationship with Kelce began in 2023.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026
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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
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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
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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
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Photograph by Takuji Shimmura Advertisement Olivier Raffaelli, founding architect of Triptyque Architecture, has often crossed paths with her in competitions.
—Time, Time, 1 July 2026
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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
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