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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
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
An intuitive Moon crosses your 10th House of Career while Saturn, planet of lessons, rests in your 5th House of Creativity, and their quincunx nudges you to refine spotlight plans with care.
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Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
One O’odham man who lives in Mexico, just on the other side of the border, crosses every day to fill water tanks and haul them back to his ranch, Jose said.
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Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
The dispute also crosses borders, with a British claimant based in Dubai, a German defendant based in France, companies incorporated in Dubai, business plans connected to England, Africa and the Gulf and an alleged repayment obligation that was meant to be settled in bitcoin.
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Susie Violet Ward,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
This isn’t ideal, considering the onerous repeater tax that’s triggered when a team crosses the luxury-tax threshold in four straight seasons or four times during a five-season period.
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Anthony Chiang
june 19,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Mamdani knows a ripe moment when one crosses his desk.
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Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
The uppermost part of this orbit crosses the orbit of the International Space Station, but aerodynamic drag will quickly pull all the debris fragments below the ISS.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
By Wednesday and Thursday, another NEXT Weather Alert may be needed as a strong storm system crosses the area, bringing another chance of severe weather, especially Thursday night.
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Andrew Kozak,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Verb
When a player crosses 30, health increasingly becomes the hardest target to hit.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
An intuitive Moon crosses your 10th House of Career while Saturn, planet of lessons, rests in your 5th House of Creativity, and their quincunx nudges you to refine spotlight plans with care.
—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
One O’odham man who lives in Mexico, just on the other side of the border, crosses every day to fill water tanks and haul them back to his ranch, Jose said.
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Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
The dispute also crosses borders, with a British claimant based in Dubai, a German defendant based in France, companies incorporated in Dubai, business plans connected to England, Africa and the Gulf and an alleged repayment obligation that was meant to be settled in bitcoin.
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Susie Violet Ward,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
This isn’t ideal, considering the onerous repeater tax that’s triggered when a team crosses the luxury-tax threshold in four straight seasons or four times during a five-season period.
—
Anthony Chiang
june 19,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Mamdani knows a ripe moment when one crosses his desk.
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Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
The uppermost part of this orbit crosses the orbit of the International Space Station, but aerodynamic drag will quickly pull all the debris fragments below the ISS.
—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
By Wednesday and Thursday, another NEXT Weather Alert may be needed as a strong storm system crosses the area, bringing another chance of severe weather, especially Thursday night.
—
Andrew Kozak,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crosses
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The anxiety that expanding representation will displace Lincoln or Washington betrays a curious fragility.
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The Ghoul betrays Lucy during the journey, but does, eventually redeem himself, somewhat.
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That answer matters because audiences have become increasingly skeptical whenever patriotism intersects with marketing.
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If the path of the comet intersects with Earth’s orbit, the Earth will collide with these debris fields in its yearly orbit around the Sun.
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His voyage is detailed by Homer in the Odyssey, a chronicle of the maritime obstacle course that Odysseus traverses in order to get home to Ithaca.
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Here, the Road Runner Express coaster traverses 679 feet of track through desert trails.
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De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.
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Argentina strikes first in the 38th minute, and the massive Argentina faithful goes berserk inside the stadium.
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Over the last two weeks, fires have popped up in an open space area in the eastern part of the Denver metro area very close to homes.
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The man was linked to three fires and arrested on suspicion of arson, according to the sheriff’s office.
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But through their partnership with eight major car manufacturers, their dedication to reliability, and by creating spaces that feel like idealized rest stop/gas station hybrids, the company is looking to change that.
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So the new overnight climate control system could even surpass that of pure EV camping, delivering another strong argument in favor of plug-in hybrids presently being the best powertrain solution for efficient, comfortable and capable camper vans and motorhomes.
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China’s defense ecosystem follows a different set of market dynamics, customer segments, and interoperability frameworks, with exports and production shaped by trajectories that remain distinct from the replenishment and modernization cycle underway across NATO-standard supply chains.
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The Mad Widows follows a group of women who become friends through a bereavement class, only to discover that one of their late husbands might not actually be dead.
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Meanwhile, Phillips said, victims are left to live with the impacts of the perpetrators’ actions — with the survivors in this case forced to continue to relive their ordeals as the case continues on to the Court of Appeal.
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And for that matter, how could adults accurately account for such ordeals?
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“Crosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosses. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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