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intersection

[in-ter-sek-shuhn] / ˌɪn tərˈsɛk ʃən /


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“The intersection with state actors is particularly worrisome,” Daub said.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

In Harbor City, Inside Safe went to the same intersection a dozen times between 2023 and 2025.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

"There is a local saying that if you put a camera at an intersection in Chongqing, every 30 seconds you'll see a motorcycle pass by," said Zhang Yuanming, a 29-year-old motorbike enthusiast and instructor.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

I’m Sara O’Brien, a reporter covering the intersection of culture, health and wellness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

They stop at the intersection of Fifth Street and Twenty-Fifth Avenue, and she stares across the street at a rusted corner marquee as she hands him the Green Book.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

These intersections play an important role in many reactions triggered by light because they allow energy to move rapidly between electronic and structural motion.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

The plan called for staffing to remain the roughly same at the police and fire departments, while ramping up the installation of “curb cuts” — wheelchair ramps on sidewalks at intersections.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

The Asoke-Din Daeng railway crossing is notoriously hectic, and leads to one of the busiest intersections in Bangkok.

From BBC May 18, 2026

Despite the often chaotic Croatian traffic and complicated intersections, Verne's head of country operations, Filip Cindric, said most rides are completed "without any intervention".

From Barron's May 5, 2026

Then he’d placed the subject of the photo, the fish, on or near those imaginary lines or their intersections so that the orange and black fish popped against the pale tentacles of the anemone.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai




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