crossing

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Police in Northern Ireland say a refugee charged with the attempted murder of a man in Belfast on Monday evening initially entered the country by crossing the border with the Republic of Ireland.

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

According to the team's calculations, these ultraheavy nuclei may lose energy more slowly than protons or lighter nuclei while crossing intergalactic space.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

In recent weeks, dozens of ships, some of them the world’s largest tankers laden with oil and liquefied natural gas, have traversed the dangerous crossing, The Wall Street Journal reported late last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

He had surely succeeded in crossing the river, but somewhere along the watery way his memory of a mouse named Abel had leached out.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig