cross over

Example Sentences

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"We didn't think that it would cross over and be as big as it became."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

It takes courage to map your own boundaries — then to cross over that line and get hurt, and get back up and out there.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

“The armed groups have taken territory, and so people from one place can’t cross over to where the other group is,” he said, calling government assertions that it had gained back some ground “a lie.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

After pummeling Jamaica, Melissa was forecast to head north and cross over eastern Cuba on Tuesday night, while continuing to bring rain and heavy winds to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

He was about to cross over the Seine, the river that runs through Paris.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day