crisscrosses

present tense third-person singular of crisscross
as in intersects

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  • Tasha Mousseau, vice president of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, told KOSU there is existing food insecurity in rural communities and tribal nations, which intersects with the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.
    The NPR Network, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The two showers are essentially one and the same; Earth intersects a single, broad stream of meteoroids at two places in its orbit on opposite sides of the sun.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • Nearby, a man crosses the street in what could be the ghastly heart of an endless New York summer.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The trail stays level early on and crosses the road a couple of times before descending through a grove of Arizona cypress to a shallow drainage.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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  • Rancho Cordova was shaped in part by Folsom Boulevard, which bisects the densest section of the city and served, historically, as a highway stretching northeast from downtown Sacramento, said City Councilmember Linda Budge.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • On August 20, Israel approved the construction of the controversial E1 settlement that effectively bisects the West Bank; Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich explicitly framed the move as a response to calls for Palestinian statehood.
    SHIRA EFRON, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Crisscrosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisscrosses. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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