CROSS-EXAMINING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cross-examining

verb

present participle of cross-examine

as in examining

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The next phase will include examining more types and grades of iron ore, since the Iron Range contains a wide variety of resources.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
European governments are now examining a range of measures to mitigate the impact of heatwaves and low river levels on nuclear power plants.

— , CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

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That was left to the local alternative outlets, who'd start bombarding everyone at our paper to find out who was let go.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Peter Kollanyi / Bloomberg via Getty Images file Pro-Russian groups are bombarding popular AI systems with propaganda to get chatbots to repeat Kremlin talking points, senior European officials say, raising concerns ahead of America’s midterm elections over efforts to silently influence voters.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2026

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Fort Worth house The episode opens with Kyle (Thad Luckinbill) interrogating Oleksandra (Elizaveta Neretin) about the attack at Joe’s house.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026
Animals Soul Blind Larissa Diakiw On interrogating fear and what bats can teach about human connection.

— Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026

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But the film does not explain what ‘hospitality’ has to do with a narrative situation in which the Greeks have been besieging Troy for 10 years already [which Nolan’s movie does not depict]; the Trojans are not their hosts but their enemies in war.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
This week’s ruling is the latest development in the long-running legal saga, which launched in the wake of resident complaints that the autonomous vehicle company’s round-the-clock operation was besieging them with noise, light and traffic.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

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