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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
ABC News,
6 July 2026
Then the procession will cross into Iraq, to Shia religious sites in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
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Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
6 July 2026
Christian Marshall,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
Turn your favorite sweet fruit into a refreshing cocktail with our frozen drink which is a tasty cross between a slushie and a smoothie.
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Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
4 July 2026
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Verb
But the federal Food and Drug Administration is supposed to oversee AI that directly impacts medical care or decision making, a line that some experts believe Doctronic has crossed.
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ABC News,
6 July 2026
Then the procession will cross into Iraq, to Shia religious sites in the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
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Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
6 July 2026
Noun
Fourteen minutes into the game, midfielder Jhon Arias drove a cross from winger Luis Suarez into the right corner of the net to give Colombia a 1-0 lead and send Pais MX into a frenzy.
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Christian Marshall,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
Turn your favorite sweet fruit into a refreshing cocktail with our frozen drink which is a tasty cross between a slushie and a smoothie.
—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
4 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross
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And there's a saying in America, if someone betrays you, you've been sold down the river.
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Regan argued skeptics like Newsom and the CTA were betraying their base.
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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.
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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.
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Tehran meanwhile has tried to strengthen its leverage by saying crew members must gain permission to traverse the strait along routes approved by its officials.
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The first Spanish expedition to California in 1542 was followed about 220 years later when Gaspar de Portolá and Franciscan monk Junipero Serra traversed the coastal lands.
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Periodic epidemics struck colonial port cities in the late 1700s, NLM records show.
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The vehicle struck a second 2007 Honda Pilot, which spun and hit a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, the crash report said.
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An evacuation warning was issued for the area of Paradise Ranch, between Templin Highway and the Pyramid Lake area, according to Los Angeles County fire officials.
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In Los Angeles County, the fire department said a man was critically injured after a fire burned at least two cars in a parking lot in the Wilmington neighborhood on July 3.
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Right now, aside from hybrids the right mix increasingly means having affordable vehicles, as many Americans grapple with inflation, high gas prices and other issues have been pushed out of the new vehicle market.
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The handheld console hybrid ships with 256GB of storage, so this microSD card effectively doubles your storage!
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Despite its mixed reception and the eventual drama surrounding its star, Karla Sofía Gascón, and the following implosion during awards season, it got nominated for best picture at the 2023 Academy Awards, and Vaccarello got close to Oscar glory.
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Within individual subgroups, results are mixed and don’t show uniform, systemwide gains.
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The symptoms are so delayed that people often blame them on food poisoning, irritable-bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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“Cross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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