as in to crisscross
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Have the diagonal braces been likened to crisscrossing bridge railings or skyscraper reinforcements?—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025 -
Not with more than 150,000 miles of overhead wires crisscrossing a state home to tens of millions of fire-prone acres — and countless communities spread across those acres.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Viewers will remember that Sheppard showed up in the season premiere, when his investigation of a deadly biker gang intersected with the Organized Crime Control Bureau’s pursuit of a dirty trucking company.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
25 Apr. 2025
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Three kilometres east and intersected by San Sebastien airport is Irun.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Add to that a greater reluctance by those in the public and private sectors to cross Trump, wary of putting themselves and their organizations in the crosshairs of his administration.—
Mark K. Updegrove,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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There's a callback to that scene late in the film when the knights must answer three questions to cross the Bridge of Death or else be chucked into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Decussate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decussate. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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