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as in betrayed
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 intersected
to divide by passing through or across
there's a light where that street crosses Main Street
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as in traversed
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 struck
to enter the mind of
the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg
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Recent Examples of crossed
Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Note that the 50-day moving average crossed below the 200-day moving average in August, signaling weakness.
—John Navin, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The 50-day moving average crossed below the 200-day moving average back in mid-June (tiny red circle).
—John Navin, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Her method soon crossed borders as kindergartens in Italian-speaking Switzerland adopted her methods.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Then with my coming to the organization and bouncing around in different roles, our paths crossed quite a bit.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
On Sunday, the FBI said its investigation has crossed state and international borders with agents following leads in several states and other countries.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Very few arthouse movies have crossed that benchmark at all in post-pandemic times.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
The lines between juveniles and adults blurring and being crossed.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
The Rule crossed $50 million-mark on the second day and $150-million-mark in ten days.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Note that the 50-day moving average crossed below the 200-day moving average in August, signaling weakness.
—John Navin, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The 50-day moving average crossed below the 200-day moving average back in mid-June (tiny red circle).
—John Navin, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Her method soon crossed borders as kindergartens in Italian-speaking Switzerland adopted her methods.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Then with my coming to the organization and bouncing around in different roles, our paths crossed quite a bit.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
On Sunday, the FBI said its investigation has crossed state and international borders with agents following leads in several states and other countries.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Very few arthouse movies have crossed that benchmark at all in post-pandemic times.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
The lines between juveniles and adults blurring and being crossed.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossed
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Sure, their penalty killing and goaltending are what ultimately betrayed them in this game, and the penalty kill, so good most of the season, is suddenly becoming a big problem.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Ethan and Cameron feel betrayed and go off to ride jet skis.—
Griff Griffin,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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Their careers intersected for the briefest of moments at the end of a winning but unfulfilling season that did not include a playoff appearance.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Interestingly enough, the foundation of the vault, as stated in the press release, intersected with another set of tombs from the 11th to 13th centuries in the East time with slabs.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2025
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But the photos in that email, from camera traps in the Andes mountains, struck him as different.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Puerto Rico continues to struggle with chronic power outages blamed on a crumbling power grid that was razed by Hurricane Maria, a powerful category 4 storm that struck the island in September 2017.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 2024
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Police believe owner may have been followed.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
24 Dec. 2024
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His father, John Carro, was the first Puerto Rican to sit on New York's appellate bench, and Gregory has followed in his footsteps, making a name for himself with a reputation for being tough, particularly on bail decisions.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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Inside the narrow tunnels, which glow green, magenta and orange, the driver navigated shoulderless roadways at 35 mph, which felt fast.—
Daniel Rothberg,
ProPublica,
8 Jan. 2025
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The future of behavioral biometrics is bright when navigated with honesty and a genuine desire to make things better.—
Thomas Zawacki,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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The Vikings, settling in the late eighth century, found the islands covered in prehistoric sites.—
Peter Ross,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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Those subsidies became more generous under the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 to ensure more Americans were covered during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Crossed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossed. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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