CROSS-EXAMINED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cross-examined

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past tense of cross-examine

as in examined

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Still, the study helps to explain previous research that has examined the connection between music and physiological and psychological stress responses.

— Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026
China tests anti-drone artillery Wang Lei and his team examined how large-caliber guns could attack groups of small unmanned weapons.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

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Frank Peavy testified Millete hired him off a freelance website, then bombarded him with requests to cast spells on his wife, CNN affiliate CBS8 reported.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Chieftain Rajah Tupas resisted the Spanish for nearly a month before Legazpi bombarded local villages, forcing Tupas into a settlement.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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Issa Abdel-Al, a local official in the village, said Israeli forces raided the area early Thursday, interrogated residents, and seized a member of the municipal council and two other local men, farmers who kept livestock and bees.

— Fadi Tawil, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Some years ago, when a foreign tourist was seen recording a video on a street in Beijing, he was stopped and interrogated by several dama wearing red armbands.

— Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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In recent months, Israeli settlers have repeatedly besieged the village of Qusra, defying orders from the authorities to leave the area and trying to force Palestinian families, some of whom are also American citizens, out.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
There has been a spate of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and the village of Qusra has been besieged by Israeli settlers for weeks.

— F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

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