across

Example Sentences

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Last year, there were 123,000 people with taxi or private hire vehicle licences in London, and 381,000 across England.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“By the time we were done, we had planted 225,000 trees across an area the size of Denmark, from the rugged interior of the province to the lush rainforests of the West Coast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Dozens of California donors gave to at least five Senate candidates across the country, according to The Times’ analysis of the filing data.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

New research led by the University of Warwick shows that forests were already growing across Doggerland, a now-submerged landmass beneath the North Sea, far earlier than scientists once believed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

All together we were slowly being drawn across the square behind those horses.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom