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as in to betray
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 to intersect
to divide by passing through or across
there's a light where that street crosses Main Street
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as in to traverse
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 to strike
to enter the mind of
the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg
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as in fire
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 hybrid
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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as in mixed
being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera
raises both purebred and cross lambs
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as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
she was cross all day because of a nagging headache
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Recent Examples of cross
Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Egypt's Al Qahera television station said that Palestinians began crossing in both directions around noon on Sunday.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Justin Kroll, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
Texas Christian University Horned Frogs guard Olivia Miles (5) makes a cross court pass against Houston Cougars in the first half at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, February 4, 2026.
—Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Restrictions negotiated by Israeli, Egyptian, Palestinian and international officials mean that only 50 people will be allowed to return to Gaza each day and 50 medical patients — with two companions for each — will be allowed to leave, but far fewer people have crossed so far.
—Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Egypt's Al Qahera television station said that Palestinians began crossing in both directions around noon on Sunday.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
With his sign-off, the hope is to have the film be a cross between F1 and The Wolf of Wall Street.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
Texas Christian University Horned Frogs guard Olivia Miles (5) makes a cross court pass against Houston Cougars in the first half at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, February 4, 2026.
—Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross
Verb
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In the past, members of the Haitian community have felt betrayed by American politicians on both sides of the aisle.—
Edwidge Danticat,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026
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But distaste was evident in their pained grins, and their eyes betrayed fresh apprehension of me.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the middle of this spectrum, a trio of mid-career stylistic chameleons and sometime collaborators — Feid, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny — carefully map out intersecting tastes.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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As far as documentaries on celebrities and luminaries go, Melania avoids major revelations, instead favoring a glimpse of a brief moment in time and lightly touching on the issues that intersect with her present role.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The wolf traversed through much of the Sierra Nevada and was part of a pack in Tulare County, which is located west of Fresno and just north of Bakersfield.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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The disorder resulted in far fewer Palestinians traversing the border between Egypt and Gaza than was expected, nearly two years after Israel seized and shut the crossing.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In 2024, famine had struck five other areas in North Darfur and also Sudan's Nuba Mountains region.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Three months ago, GE Vernova struck a $50 million partnership with MIT, covering research funding, graduate student fellowships, internships, and professional development programs for its own executives.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Measures to promote diversity and inclusion have come under fire in the past year.—
Sarah Bahari,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Crews were at the home within five minutes and encountered fire venting from multiple windows and extending toward the second floor, fire officials said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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So have consumers, rewarding automakers like Toyota, which never went all-in on all-electric and insisted hybrids were the short-term future, and hurting automakers like Porsche and Ford, which both made bigger bets on all-electric.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
4 Feb. 2026
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Tools like these will empower leaner models of education—such as micro-, home-, and hybrid-schooling—and help build out the growing school-choice movement.—
Jonah Davids,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Her course to bobsled success has been arduous and circuitous, including moments of firsts for a woman – one of the firsts to pilot a mixed-gender team in four-man, and the first to drive an all-female team against men in a World Cup – and fights for a woman.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Along the way, hikers are surrounded by mafic southern mixed chaparral, a unique type of chaparral vegetation that is found in mafic soils, which are rich in magnesium and iron.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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On the contrary, Juventus’ football soothed even the most irritable sections of the crowd.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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This can include feeling irritable, having a low frustration tolerance, feeling easily overstimulated, and having rapid shifts in emotion.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Cross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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