intersected

past tense of intersect
as in crossed
to divide by passing through or across an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood

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Recent Examples of intersected The shift coincided with the decline of vert skating and the rise of street skating, which increasingly intersected with hip-hop and fashion culture. Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Her protocol had intersected somewhat with his own desperate push. Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 Her political commentary later intersected directly with the Fever rivalry. Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 According to Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the SCA, the city was built around wide north-south roads intersected by east-west streets, creating open public spaces. Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026 The unearthed quarters included north-south thoroughfares intersected by east-west streets, forming open squares and public spaces, said Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities. ABC News, 4 July 2026 The exhibit also emphasizes the diverse communities at the Point, including soldiers, Indigenous nations, traders and settlers, whose lives intersected in ways that still echo in Pittsburgh’s identity today. Usa Today, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Moving between defining moments in her life and career, the film explores how Umm Kulthum’s rise intersected with some of the most significant political and social transformations of the twentieth century. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 June 2026 Coincidentally or not, that pained study of marital dissolution, co-starring Jolie’s then-husband Brad Pitt, intersected with the couple’s real-life breakup — not to mention Jolie’s grief over the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand. Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
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crossed
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  • Just east of the creek – which was crossed by a stone bridge built in 1896 – Monticello's main street branched north from the highway near Gunn Ranch.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This includes images from Mars rovers starting in the 1990s and data showing that both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 crossed into interstellar space in the 2010s.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Intersected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersected. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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