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crossbar

noun

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as in blaze

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Recent Examples of crossbar Archer’s name was printed in black type on the lower crossbar of the gilt wood frame. — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026 And in the opening moment of the second 15-minute period of extra time, Torres pounced on a bouncing ball in the box and used his left foot to bury a shot just under the crossbar and into the back of the net. — Tim Reynolds, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026 Torres, a second-half substitute, pounced on a bouncing ball in the box and used his left foot to bury a shot just under the crossbar in the 106th minute. — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 That game between Italy and Brazil went scoreless for 120 minutes, before Roberto Baggio sailed a ball over the crossbar in the penalty shootout. — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for crossbar

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Firefighters tried to battle the blaze while police pushed back the public and reporters.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
After firefighters extinguished the blaze, authorities found two people dead inside a 2019 McLaren.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

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The Nittany Lions and Cornhuskers debuted pinstripe jerseys, a nod to the Cubs’ home uniforms.

— Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
Urban— who finalized his divorce from Kidman in January— coordinated with his former wife in a plunging black pinstripe dress shirt, a matching blazer jacket, and matching trousers.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026

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Italian department store La Rinascente is 15-minutes away on foot, and cosmopolitan Monti, with its bars and shops, is a 10-minute walk away.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
In one sequence, Sam stands in the middle of a rope bridge, catching a gold bar thrown at him from one side of a gorge, and then throwing it to the other side quickly enough that the weight of the gold doesn’t snap the precarious wooden planks.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

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The band cemented its place in Warped Tour history in 2004 and performed on Linkin Park’s traveling Projekt Revolution festival in 2007.

— Courtney Devores, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Is This It, the classic album by the Stokes, the rock band that turned the page from Gen X pop culture to something more distinctly millennial.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

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