crossing

Example Sentences

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OTTAWA—Trade tensions between Ottawa and Washington have delayed the opening of a new multibillion-dollar bridge aimed at alleviating the traffic congestion on North America’s busiest land crossing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The shorter and more predictable crossing times would reduce the need for trucking companies to build buffers into their schedules, the studies said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Neither men were accused of organising a crossing, nor did they make any profit from piloting their boats.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

There’s a great train-track crossing sequence that’s also a vicious callback to Richard Dreyfuss’ epiphany in “Close Encounters.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Singing, we leave Toledo, crossing the bridge across the Río Tajo, then going past the vineyards and olive groves, and take to the road, not knowing what dangers might await us.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar