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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
Julian Palombo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
The unit posted a video on social media which appears to show a large assault group of North Korean soldiers crossing an open field and forest.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Sitting in a hotel conference room, dripped in a heavy silver cross chain, long black trench, and Louis Vuitton sunglasses, Bad Bunny plays one of the first songs created for the record.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Binational co-manufacturing sees many products crossing the border multiple times in different phases of production.
—Julian Palombo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
The unit posted a video on social media which appears to show a large assault group of North Korean soldiers crossing an open field and forest.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
Now there’s Crush, which reads almost like a cross between the two.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Sitting in a hotel conference room, dripped in a heavy silver cross chain, long black trench, and Louis Vuitton sunglasses, Bad Bunny plays one of the first songs created for the record.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross
Verb
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Many say that has now been broken, that the country’s leaders have betrayed a trust by letting the hostages languish for this long.—
Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Jan. 2025
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Sadly, those who jumped on the anti-immigrant bandwagon have betrayed their own base.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Intersectionality—a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw—reminds us that race, ethnicity, age, ability and other identities intersect to create unique experiences of discrimination.—
Aniela Unguresan,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Since then, however, his range of holdings, which include extensive urban real estate development in the state, tens of millions in technology investments as well as oil and gas leases, intersected with his policy decisions as governor, a New York Times review has found.—
Alexandra Berzon,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Others had traversed multiple countries by bus, and yet others had crowded for months into shelters and local hotels hoping for confirmation of an asylum appointment via the mobile app, CBP One, that the Biden administration had utilized since early 2023 to ease the process of applying for asylum.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Every day, tens of thousands of flights traverse U.S. airspace with over two million passenger lives depending on the FAA's ability to ensure that every airplane is airworthy and lands safely at its destination.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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These presidential powers strike at the very heart of our government — they are more typically exercised by a king or a dictator.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
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All around is the faint yellow haze of light, striking everything from the doily laced curtains of the kitchen serving hatch to the bedroom quilt.—
Ingu Chen,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Naked Burn Gel for fire stunts; Dustin Brooks and Colin Decker for the development of Fire for Hire’s naked burn gel; and Attila T. Áfra for the Intel Open Image Denoise, and Timo Aila for his work at NVIDIA applying U-Nets to denoising.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Giorgio’s Discotheque Sunset at EDITION Giorgio’s Discotheque, from famed LA club promoter Bryan Rabin, will return, this year supporting MusiCares Disaster Relief via a $30 donation required for entry that will go towards fire relief efforts.—
Kirsten Chuba,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This shared success and positive environment helps significantly with common feelings of being alone and isolated, especially in this new normal of remote/hybrid work environments and cultures.—
Mark Cunningham,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Anderson is credited with being the first to utilize the man-zone defensive hybrid.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Social media reacted with mixed commentary about the sensitive topic of colorism.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Despite optimism from the companies involved, as CNN reports, past presidential investment announcements have yielded mixed results.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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By the end, Liverpool’s players seemed tired and Klopp was irritable, clearly in need of a rest.—
Simon Hughes,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The trio’s sixth record is charmingly irritable in both of its moods: hopped up on fluffy coffee while cracking baseball jokes, or dragging out downbeats and lamenting power structures to goad listeners with mounting anticipation.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2024
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“Cross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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