across

Example Sentences

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It is a rivalry that has defined the last two decades of football, transcending clubs, countries and competitions to reshape how the game has been played, consumed and debated across the world.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

At the time, officials were deploying around 500 to 700 million sterile flies across Central America per week, according to Sonja Swiger, an entomologist for Texas A&M University.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Handy has more than 150 acting credits to his name and had acted across television and film since the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

He also announced the upgrading of 13 existing coal plants across the country, the construction of two new coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia, and restarting a shuttered coal plant in Maryland.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

But I can tell by Father’s yearning voice he wants Caesar to come—all the way to the border, across the Red River.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes