crosscut
Example Sentences
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“I don’t like the crosscut, because you’re relying on someone else.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
One day, her four-person crew hiked three miles into the woods toting a crosscut saw.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2021
Throughout this thing, Thompson is dropping explanatory information and montages that are crosscut with more information.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2021
“My father worked all day cutting wood with a crosscut saw,” Guy told me.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019
I wouldn’t have been more scared if someone had thrown a crosscut saw at me.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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