as in intersection
a place where roads meet our hotel in Montreal was adjacent to a noisy carrefour

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Recent Examples of carrefour But in carrefours all over the world, migrants talk to each other in this way, trading hope, disappointment, tenacity, pain. Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019 Youssouf, who’s been in Spain for 14 years, calls Lepe a carrefour, a crossroads. Cynthia Gorney, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
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Noun
  • The intersection where the fatal crash occurred is now one of interest for camera installation, according to Carmen Boeger, a Nampa Police Department spokesperson.
    Amaia Gavica, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2025
  • First, make the time and effort to understand your ideal customer profile and identify the intersection between your expertise and their business needs.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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  • The incident occurred about midway through the race when Foster lost control of his vehicle in the corner and collided with the wall.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
  • Tyrrell Hatton was mid-interview as the putt rolled in, seeing a television screen out of the corner of his eye.
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics.
    Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • These influential manosphere podcasters exist at a dangerous junction between joking and truth-telling, where hosts riff on news-like content, but are not held to the journalistic standards often present in liberal satire shows.
    Allison Jiang, The Hill, 10 June 2025

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“Carrefour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrefour. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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