as in to cross
to make one's way through, across, or over
cut across the field on the way to school
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Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.—
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Sacbee.com,
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Rodrigo García writes and directs The Follies, which follows six women dealing with social and family pressures and whose paths unexpectedly cross on a rainy day in Mexico City.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
15 Aug. 2025
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Always, there was a sense of knowing between us; a cosmic queerness that traverses time and space.—
m. mick powell
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Lying low in his childhood bedroom during the Bicentennial summer of 1976, Schuyler decided that the only way to traverse the days was to throw across them a long poem, like a rope bridge.—
Dan Chiasson,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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The story follows all the ins and outs of their rise to fame.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Career growth inside companies still follows a narrow script—progress often defined by vertical movement alone.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In a sweet video promo posted on both Instagram accounts, Danny is seen walking with Elena and personally inviting her to go on tour with him during the months of September and October.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
16 Aug. 2025
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Anybody walking the convention floor will immediately be dispelled of the notion that events like GalaxyCon are only for teenaged boys and middle-aged men nostalgic for their own youth.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Retirement account laws can be notoriously difficult to navigate at the best of times, but for the millions of former U.S. persons living abroad, understanding the tax implications of U.S. retirement accounts is critical.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Long trusted by parents to safeguard children and trained to navigate sensitive topics, pediatricians are quietly initiating some of the hardest conversations of their careers: If you’re detained, who will care for your child?—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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LeMessurier traveled with the data and his wife to their summer retreat in Maine to think the matter through.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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On the last day of the season, Athletic Club will travel to the Santiago Bernabéu to take on Real Madrid.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Cut (across).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20%28across%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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