as in to crisscross
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Distilleries are spread across several regions — Northern, Central, Western, Louisville, Lexington and Bardstown — which is why most visitors pick one area and work outward rather than trying to crisscross the state.
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Each cluster has its own character, and the official site recommends focusing on one region at a time rather than trying to crisscross the state.
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With 24 main characters interwoven around the town of Nashville, home of country music and intersecting political undercurrents, the film tries to make sense of the chaos.
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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 Mercedes teammate and chief rival, Kimi Antonelli, finished third, making a late charge but failing to catch Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, which crossed the line in second.
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Improving highways is a slow process that can take years, but developers building in the Eagle Foothills have teamed up with state government to speed things up on an overpass crossing a major north-south route from Emmett to Interstate 84.
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“Decussate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decussate. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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