cross-questioned

past tense of cross-question

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-questioned
Verb
  • But the governor's office told IndyStar that some of the no-bid awards and potential conflicts of interest are among what’s being examined by the probe.
    Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The research examined the health data of more than 33,000 veterans from 1999 to 2024, pulled from Veterans Affairs (VA) records.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just three days after the drone swarm bombarded Polish air defense systems, a Russian drone crossed into Romanian airspace and prompted a French fighter jet and Polish helicopter to respond under NATO’s Operation Eastern Sentry – a defensive posture the alliance launched just one day prior.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Digital marketing gives the food and beverage industry powerful access to young audiences, and the market is saturated; children and adolescents are bombarded by these products everywhere, from shops to schools and digital spaces, the report notes.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the hours after the shooting, authorities detained two people, including one interrogated by law enforcement.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • One man, George Zinn, was charged with obstruction, while the second, Zachariah Qureshi, was merely interrogated, according to the statement.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Through the first-person narration of his protagonist, Nicholas, a teenager suddenly besieged by anxiety, Clune conveys with uncanny vividness what a panic attack feels like.
    Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Landslide in western Sudan kills at least 1,000 A landslide in western Sudan killed at least 1,000 people, intensifying hardship in a country besieged by years of civil war.
    Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The remaining contestants are placed in the center of a grid of 16 rooms, and asked to find the exit within 15 rounds.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Hamad asked, before listing off growing international support for a Palestinian cause.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Cross-questioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-questioned. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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