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Recent Examples of crossbeam
Six hours later, Kim and David watched their prize hauled tail-first to the crossbeam of the scales back at Darenberg’s dock in Montauk.
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Pat Smith, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025
Videos captured the ensuing chaos as people on the shoreline and bridge span ran in terror, and Navy cadets dangled from the ship's crossbeams and sailcloth.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2025
That section once held a restaurant, a public restroom building, and several sea lion viewing holes — openings in the decking used to watch the pinnipeds lolling on the crossbeams below.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Minutes after clearing the dock, the vessel's three 147-foot (44.8-meter) masts were sheered by the underside of the bridge, Reuters reported, knocking several naval cadets off its crossbeams.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
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Pat Smith, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025
Videos captured the ensuing chaos as people on the shoreline and bridge span ran in terror, and Navy cadets dangled from the ship's crossbeams and sailcloth.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2025
That section once held a restaurant, a public restroom building, and several sea lion viewing holes — openings in the decking used to watch the pinnipeds lolling on the crossbeams below.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Minutes after clearing the dock, the vessel's three 147-foot (44.8-meter) masts were sheered by the underside of the bridge, Reuters reported, knocking several naval cadets off its crossbeams.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossbeam
Noun
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Both of those latter cocktails are pure brightness, while the vanilla from the aged rum and the spice from the bitters in the Old Cuban moves it from poolside to inside as if under a slowly twisting ceiling fan in a smoky room, long narrow beams of light through the wooden shutters.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
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The journalist, Angelina Katsanis, was struck in the knee by a wood beam during a clash between police and demonstrators.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
Noun
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In the distance, an impressive railway bridge, its steel girders painted bright white, stretches across the shimmering landscape, apparently untouched by the US and Israeli strikes that battered and scarred parts of Iran earlier this year.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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In an age where most electrics are looking towards the future with unheard-of modern tech on board, the C6 sports a WWII-era girder-style front fork and a monoshock with an internal floating piston at the rear.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Musk’s 2018 $56 billion moonshot grant at Tesla was structured as a stock option package, and thus didn’t give him nearly the same level of sway over the company and board without first hitting the goals laid out in the award.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
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Garcia was interrogated by Customs and Border Protection agents while on board the Viking cruise ship at the port in Charleston, South Carolina.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Riley White had the Warriors’ best scoring chance with a shot off the crossbar.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Patrick Dorgu earns a special commendation for his thunderbolt of a half-volley that rattled in off the underside of the crossbar.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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“Crossbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossbeam. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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