as in to cross
to divide by passing through or across
an elevated highway now intersects that old urban neighborhood
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The return Miami gets for Butler is likely to be bridge assets that get Miami to the summer of 2026, when a potentially big free agency class might intersect with lots of Heat spending money and maybe one last whale hunt by Riley.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
In recent years, near misses at Reagan National have occurred on the ground, with plane paths intersecting dangerously on the runway in multiple incidents recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Den of Thieves 2 is a web of relationships that intersect; Wilson is recruited by Jovonna to dive further into the underbelly of European crime, and Big Nick befriends Wilson in the process, which intertwines all their morally-corrupt lives together in Gudegast’s blockbuster.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
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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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
In recent years, near misses at Reagan National have occurred on the ground, with plane paths intersecting dangerously on the runway in multiple incidents recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
Den of Thieves 2 is a web of relationships that intersect; Wilson is recruited by Jovonna to dive further into the underbelly of European crime, and Big Nick befriends Wilson in the process, which intertwines all their morally-corrupt lives together in Gudegast’s blockbuster.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
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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“Intersect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intersect. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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