cross over

Example Sentences

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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

There’s supposed to be a threshold that you cross over, take off your coat and your shoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Mendes hit a cross over the Leverkusen defence for Pacho to head in at the far post.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

We cross over, Lorena and Chucha bearing the platters of pastelitos, Mami carrying the tray of sugared almonds to put inside the swan baskets the canasta group has prepared as party favors.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez