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Recent Examples of crisscross
The habitat is crisscrossed by roads, railways, coal mines, ski resorts, farms, rural properties and small towns.
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Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Rowlett Creek, a natural hazard that crisscrosses the course over a dozen times, will also factor more prominently.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Throughout the spring, Earhart and Putnam crisscrossed the country for more appearances and meetings.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Already, Shakira crisscrossed Latin America, performing massive shows in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2025
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Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Rowlett Creek, a natural hazard that crisscrosses the course over a dozen times, will also factor more prominently.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Throughout the spring, Earhart and Putnam crisscrossed the country for more appearances and meetings.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Already, Shakira crisscrossed Latin America, performing massive shows in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crisscross
Verb
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The risks compound when AI intersects with disinformation, militarization, or ideological extremism.—
Mark Temnycky,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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For 90 years, mainstream country music and the PRCA have never intersected in Nashville.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Airplane passengers crossing the Indian Ocean who peered out their windows on Oct. 19, 2024, might have seen what looked like a fast-moving star suddenly flash and fade.—
Tom Brown,
Space.com,
28 June 2025
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The east and west crossing streets along the parade route will be closed, as will 4th Ave N from Broad Street to Denny Way, starting at noon for parade staging.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
Verb
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Lawrence showed him a series of complex, bisected 3-D shapes, then reassembled them into weirder shapes.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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And look: their outfits follow basic tailoring principles: jackets bisect halfway from collar to floor; jacket silhouette flows into trousers.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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“Crisscross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisscross. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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