across the street

Example Sentences

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Since 2022, the “big saving grace if you lost your job has been you could go across the street and find a new one,” Song said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The insularity of the “60 Minutes” operation — which has its own suite of offices across the street from the main headquarters of CBS News — has rankled the network’s executives in the past.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Last September, Ríhanna Kelver was standing outside the Crowbar & Grill in Laramie, Wyoming, preparing to start her bartending shift, when she noticed a group of men across the street.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

The situation escalated and one of the officers - named in legal documents as PC Butler - pushed Moses across the street towards a shop window, which was captured on CCTV.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

When they sent her away, she stepped across the street and waited silently on the sidewalk.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom