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Recent Examples of crisscross
Quickly followed by weeks crisscrossing the country as one of the faces of the show’s annual tour.
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Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
In the United States, the bumpiest routes are dominated by flights crisscrossing the Rocky Mountains to and from Denver and Salt Lake City.
—Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
There were dozens of freelance and staff Vietnamese journalists crisscrossing the country for every agency and broadcaster.
—Gary Knight, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
Huge wooden beams crisscrossed and interlocked overhead and formed a protective tent around her.
—Charles Pellegrino, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
In the United States, the bumpiest routes are dominated by flights crisscrossing the Rocky Mountains to and from Denver and Salt Lake City.
—Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
There were dozens of freelance and staff Vietnamese journalists crisscrossing the country for every agency and broadcaster.
—Gary Knight, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
Huge wooden beams crisscrossed and interlocked overhead and formed a protective tent around her.
—Charles Pellegrino, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Verb
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That’s because the moon’s orbital path intersects the sun’s path through Earth’s sky (the ecliptic) twice each month.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education interviewed dozens of people whose paths have intersected with Terrell’s and reviewed thousands of pages of court documents and financial records related to his career and life.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Hasan told Semafor that the publication, just over a year old, would cross 500,000 total subscribers on Substack within the next few weeks; more than 50,000 of them pay monthly or annually.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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While the brothers aren't expected to cross paths, speculation continues over whether Harry will reunite with his father, King Charles.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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As a continent that’s bisected by the Equator, Africa is actually the least distorted of all in the Mercator projection.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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Witnesses said Israeli troops opened fire on crowds in the Netzarim Corridor, an Israeli military zone that bisects Gaza.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Crisscross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisscross. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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