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Recent Examples of crisscross
General Motors, which is heavily reliant on a supply chain that crisscrosses the U.S.'s northern and southern borders, saw its shares fall 9%.
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Neil Irwin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Maryland is crisscrossed with dozens of existing high voltage power line rights-of-way.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
On the morning of my visit, the sunken forecourt of the Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, at the edge of Rome’s trendy Monti neighborhood, was crisscrossed with nets and echoing with shouts.
—David Laskin, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Following international media attention, and a visit from Vice President Kamala Harris to Nashville, and a visit to the White House, Johnson crisscrossed the state seeking to funnel newfound political energy sparked by the expulsions into significant voter turnout for Democrats.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Nov. 2024
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Neil Irwin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Maryland is crisscrossed with dozens of existing high voltage power line rights-of-way.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
On the morning of my visit, the sunken forecourt of the Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, at the edge of Rome’s trendy Monti neighborhood, was crisscrossed with nets and echoing with shouts.
—David Laskin, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Following international media attention, and a visit from Vice President Kamala Harris to Nashville, and a visit to the White House, Johnson crisscrossed the state seeking to funnel newfound political energy sparked by the expulsions into significant voter turnout for Democrats.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crisscross
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The truth of a family is in how the complexities of everybody can intersect at these friction points.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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Notwithstanding its many airspace restrictions, Washington, D.C., and its environs have plenty of sky that does not intersect with the approach to DCA.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The next morning, shortly before 10 a.m., a man was found dead in the ditch in the 1300 block of Ravenna Trail (10th Street) in Hastings, about 150 feet east of the bridge that crosses the Vermillion River.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
4 Feb. 2025
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Choi plays Ko Gyeom, a movie buff turned critic, who crosses paths with Park’s Kim Mu-bee, a director who enters the film industry out of a love-hate relationship with her father, after years apart.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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Police removed a car matching the description from Bill Edwards Drive, which bisects the Wittenberg campus, but said nothing suspicious was found.—
Bob Vitale,
USA TODAY,
16 Sep. 2024
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The canal bisects Panama, running 51 miles end to end.—
Alma Solís,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Crisscross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisscross. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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