pass over
Example Sentences
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Here he opened the scoring inside three minutes, racing through from halfway to score after being released by Warren Zaire-Emery's pass over the top.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
This time her 343rd “charge” is a hapless 87-year old CEO oil tycoon K. J. Boone unwilling to pass over from the “baffling country” of terminal illness toward its “inevitable occurrence.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
Intercontinental ballistic missiles fired from Russia or China at North America would probably pass over or near Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Melissa is forecast to pass over Cuba by Wednesday before moving through the Antillas Mayores and out into the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2025
The moon was due to pass over a star that was bright enough to see in spite of its nearness to the moon.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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