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crossroad

[kraws-rohd, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˌroʊd, ˈkrɒs- /
NOUN
an intersecting road
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Vernon Avenue Bridge — an industrial crossroad between old and new San Bernardino.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

Stephan's Quintet represents "a galactic crossroad where past collisions between galaxies have left behind a complex field of debris," which has now been reawakened by the passage of the galaxy, NGC 7318b.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2024

But using remote sensing technology, archeologists have now found at least two highland cities that sat along a key crossroad of the trade routes.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2024

The street provides a crossroad between Georgia Avenue and University Boulevard, but residents contend that it is ill-suited for the amount of traffic it thereby gets.

From Washington Times Jul. 20, 2023

It’s all so samey, farm after farm, shrines at every crossroad and a community bread oven in every village.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Citing the biblical book of Esther, in which a principled young woman surrounded by hatred for Jews asserts her identity to save her people, Ms. Horn makes it clear that we are at a crossroads.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

I saw her running down the road towards the crossroads.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Celebrity lives at a strange crossroads, one that has always been familiar with surveillance.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

They talked with the Los Angeles Times about their plans at the crossroads reached by American theater in light of Eustis’ imminent exit.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Liyana could see the old man, Abu Hamra, pushing his cart of lettuces and cabbages up to the crossroads where he sat with it.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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