crosses paths (with)

phrase

present tense third-person singular of cross paths (with)
as in encounters
to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face It's been a while since Julie and I last crossed paths.

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  1. bumps into
  2. runs into
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  • Hannah Waddingham‘s Rebecca, the owner of Richmond, bumps into her Amsterdam mystery man (Matteo van der Grijn), teasing a future romance.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
Definition of bumps into
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  • The Wings get both back — for sure Fudd — for a four-game homestand that runs into the FIBA World Cup break.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Radiopharma’s precision promise runs into toxicity problems, China puts new guardrails around its biotech innovation engine, and Grail’s Galleri heads to an FDA advisory panel.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of runs into
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“Crosses paths (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosses%20paths%20%28with%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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