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The second point to cross the majority threshold was cosmic inflation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they targeted 10 vessels that were attempting to cross this prohibited area of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Now, thanks to a joint install with a friend, the light fixture hangs in the laundry area between the bedroom and bathroom, occasionally catching a cross breeze but mostly serving as decoration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Ari’s and Ibari’s stories are parallel—full of echoes and doubling—but they also intersect, as characters cross from one world to the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I’m so cross with myself. I meant to bring my photograph album with me,” she said.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
"It feels good to be in my own country," 35-year-old Nazia says, just minutes after she crosses from Pakistan, where she was born, into Afghanistan.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The metro no longer crosses the Dnieper River, which divides the capital in two, causing traffic chaos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Part of that is pointing out when locker room banter crosses the line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
He is able to throw it with enough spin that it appears to defy gravity and mystically rise as it crosses the plate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A shadow crosses over the grass, and I look up.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Middlesbrough did it with Giles pushing up, given his pace, endurance and quality as a crosser.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Today Kim Kardashian is a fashion mogul, prison reform advocate and crosser of picket lines.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2023
As a neighbor and frequent crosser of their campus, I deeply appreciate the peaceful beauty that you provide.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
In the 58th minute, they pushed an interception into a counter, got a crosser from Emily Moxley down the right wing, and the Bruins couldn’t keep everyone marked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
“But if I do, I shall be crosser still. I can never bear to think of you all there without me.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
“You’re the crossest person in it!” returned Amy, washing out the sum that was all wrong with the tears that had fallen on her slate.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
But that was the very thing that made me crossest about her carelessness.
From The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted by Katharine Ellis Barrett
“Oh, I wish you would not talk so continually about that stupid old fuss!” said Evelyn in her crossest voice.
From A Very Naughty Girl by L. T. Meade
"You bet it's tough!" says Slug 10, the crossest old dog of the pack.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by John McGovern
And, Phil, the crossest old cow lives in this field.
From Black-Eyed Susan by Ethel Calvert Phillips
The 10-year Treasury yield on Monday crossed the key 5% threshold, which in turn nudged the 30-year mortgage rate upward.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
As she crossed the border, Anna Klymenko, a dermatologist in Kyiv, saw the locomotive that Russia had destroyed the day before.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
His longtime girlfriend had just broken up with him, his teammates were mocking him behind his back and, at 23, he had crossed the line from prospect to liability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Oram said that was "misconduct" but denied it crossed the threshold into gross misconduct.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
As though my thoughts had called her, I looked up to discover Regan standing inches from me, her arms crossed as she waited for Professor Brown to remove the last of my probes.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
The brothers covered about 260 miles in a straight line over the course of eight months, but travelled nearly 10 times that overall while crossing through a broken-up landscape.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
A vessel was struck while crossing the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday morning, sparking a fire and forcing the evacuation of its crew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Other Burundians and some other foreign nationals have rushed to border crossing points to leave the country, with reports suggesting that a number have ended up stranded there.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The statement marked the kingdom's first official reaction to a Spanish police report accusing Morocco's security forces of "total permissiveness" when the mass crossing took place.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
I slipped the letter back into my black bag and left the train station, crossing the busy road.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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