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as in betrays
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river
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as in intersects
to divide by passing through or across
there's a light where that street crosses Main Street
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as in traverses
to make one's way through, across, or over
you may have to cross some woods on the way
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as in strikes
to enter the mind of
the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg
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as in fires
a test of faith, patience, or strength
dyslexia is just my cross to bear, and I accepted it long ago
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as in hybrids
an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera
the mare is an Arabian-Thoroughbred cross
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Recent Examples of crosses
Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Edashia Caraway, who had travelled to New Orleans for a concert, was struck dead on the Twin Span bridge, which crosses the east side of Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana from New Orleans to Slidell.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Pediatric doctor Morgan Quinn (Roden) and the Bills' VP of Stadium Development Gabe DeLuca (Daddario) have been lifelong friends, but Gabe has always held a torch for her – a fact obvious to their families (Pollan, Aaron, Schirripa, Murin)… and everyone else who crosses their path.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
No one crosses the sea unless the water is safer than the land, as the Anglo-Somali poet Warsan Shire wrote.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
For example, Comet Halley barely crosses the orbit of Neptune before falling back into the inner solar system.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Once a deck crosses her desk, Marchenkova looks for a few signs that the startup can scale.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
The Pantepec River crosses northern Veracruz and supplies water for a number of communities, including the city of Tuxpan near where the river dumps into the Gulf of Mexico.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
After an animal crosses the road, keep your eyes peeled for others who are likely to be following.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
Schuster said the angle at which the landing area crosses the Fujian’s deck is only 6 degrees off center, compared with 9 degrees on the US carriers, limiting space between the landing strip and the forward two catapults.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Edashia Caraway, who had travelled to New Orleans for a concert, was struck dead on the Twin Span bridge, which crosses the east side of Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana from New Orleans to Slidell.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Pediatric doctor Morgan Quinn (Roden) and the Bills' VP of Stadium Development Gabe DeLuca (Daddario) have been lifelong friends, but Gabe has always held a torch for her – a fact obvious to their families (Pollan, Aaron, Schirripa, Murin)… and everyone else who crosses their path.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
No one crosses the sea unless the water is safer than the land, as the Anglo-Somali poet Warsan Shire wrote.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
For example, Comet Halley barely crosses the orbit of Neptune before falling back into the inner solar system.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Once a deck crosses her desk, Marchenkova looks for a few signs that the startup can scale.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
The Pantepec River crosses northern Veracruz and supplies water for a number of communities, including the city of Tuxpan near where the river dumps into the Gulf of Mexico.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
After an animal crosses the road, keep your eyes peeled for others who are likely to be following.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crosses
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Parisian purists say the move betrays the artistry and craftsmanship of France’s tradition of couture.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Interventionist industrial policy betrays that legacy.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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The two showers are essentially one and the same; Earth intersects a single, broad stream of meteoroids at two places in its orbit on opposite sides of the sun.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The conversation around work permits also intersects with political considerations.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Ski Utah Interconnect Tour traverses a mountain range with stops in Solitude, Alta, and Deer Valley.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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There is also a dancing thread, taking the shape of the Quarona factory and circling the globe before arriving in New York, where a Loro Piana truck with raw fiber bales traverses the facade.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Unless Congress somehow strikes an agreement to fund the government by Thursday, Hjaltalin and millions of other Californians will not get their next month’s SNAP benefits starting next week.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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The agency reported that lightning most often strikes people who participate in outdoor recreational activities or work outside.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Qing Yuan had seen many of these tiny corpses, pinkish, yellowish, tin-gray, curled up, always seemingly asleep, tossed by janitors into fires outside the building.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sugar snap peas are hybrids between the other two types and are harvested just after the peas inside the pods begin to swell.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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Another factor accelerating sticker prices is the amount of high-tech features in new cars, such as infotainment systems with large touchscreens, automatic emergency braking, in-car Wi-Fi, battery systems in hybrids and semi-autonomous driving in electric and high-end vehicles.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Horimiya follows two high school teens, popular girl Hori and gloomy Miyamura, who grow close after agreeing to keep their home lives a secret from their peers.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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The follow-up to the uproarious La Dolce Vita, Fellini’s fantastical movie within a movie follows a film director who suffers a creative block during the production of his newest work.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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In today’s housing market, even the lucky ones often face exhausting ordeals and need to stretch their budgets to land a home.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Kruse and Fialko invested seven figures into rebuilding Priscilla’s brand, stabilizing her finances, settling her lawsuits, cleaning up numerous private family ordeals, and attempting to help Priscilla repair her relationship with her daughter.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Crosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosses. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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