cross-questioning

verb

present participle of cross-question
as in examining

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  1. examining
  2. bombarding
  3. pumping
  4. interrogating
  5. besieging
  6. quizzing
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  • Researchers at Stanford, including Guy Blanc, Jordan Docter, Carmen Strassle and Li-Yang Tan, have also been examining the result.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • That requires testing whether signals have predictive value, examining them together and avoiding automatic conclusions about individual behaviors.
    — Artem Lalaiants, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of examining
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  • The group filed an ethics complaint against the Victory Green PAC, which supports the arena, accusing the group of bombarding residents with campaign text messages.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Diesel prices are high around the world because Ukraine is bombarding Russian refineries and strikes by Iran and its allies have taken capacity offline in the Middle East.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of bombarding
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  • The California Department of Fish and Wildlife begins pumping water into the reserve in September to create suitable roosting habitat.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Iran has retaliated against targets across the Middle East, including a pumping station on Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, and has used attacks on commercial shipping to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of pumping
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  • This self-interrogating method makes for a nervy, difficult style.
    — Langdon Hammer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • In addition, Homeland Security was apparently investigating nonprofits and other organizations that help get out the vote, including interrogating the staff and covertly infiltrating their operations, according to court documents.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of interrogating
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  • French cities have been shaken in recent weeks by vandalism and looting sparked by cost-of-living demonstrations, amid a broader crisis besieging the country’s lame-duck centrist government that has spiked French bond yields.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Houthis also made important gains inland, all but besieging the strategic city of Taiz, Yemen’s third-largest city, in a move that augured more Houthi advances.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of besieging
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  • Indeed, the movie opens with Ed quizzing an older Greek man he’s befriended on the Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester, before berating him for confusing his Bottega Veneta loafers for Sebago.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Prosecutors spent the start of George’s testimony quizzing him on the organizational structure of the sheriff’s office, as well as how internal affairs investigations play out.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
Definition of quizzing
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“Cross-questioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-questioning. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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