crisscross
Example Sentences
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The tracks of animals that had hunted for food in the night crisscrossed their path, but the animals themselves were not to be seen.
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Toppled trees crisscrossed the earth like spilled toothpicks.
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But soon enough, a dozen or more hunting trails crisscross the main path, and it’s less clear where to go.
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She sat crisscross opposite Coal with the phone propped up on the coffee table, and, like Doc, did all the exercises with him.
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Experts have repeatedly called for infrastructure upgrades, especially in the greater Athens area, which is surrounded by mountains and crisscrossed by hundreds of waterways, most of them covered to accommodate rampant urbanisation in recent decades.
From Barron's
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