across

Example Sentences

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But with roughly 50,000 city employees, and the nation’s third-largest police department across the street, why is a simple security detail such an impossible challenge?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Following six weeks of war in Middle East, more than 60 energy facilities have been struck across the Persian Gulf.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

But across the island, small-scale farmers and cooperatives already operate as private entrepreneurs, growing food, managing their own production and selling to local markets, most of which have been privatized.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Last year, Dunagan, 35, spent roughly $10,000 across two days for herself and her friends and family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The other was a fickle thing, popping out at the most inconvenient times, rolling across the forest floor and picking up debris.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman