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crossing

[kraw-sing, kros-ing] / ˈkrɔ sɪŋ, ˈkrɒs ɪŋ /


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The government is also facing questions about who was behind the mass migrant crossing.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“We are now dangerously close to crossing a moral red line: the autonomous targeting of humans by machines,” U.N.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Floodwaters tore through towns and villages and engulfed Gyirong Port, the major land crossing between China and Nepal, in a wall of water and mud.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

But making the transfer would require running a four-minute mile and crossing a freeway.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

"I don't need to try to survive crossing your floor, too."

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

He also added that he was pleased with the drastic reduction in illegal border crossings.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Stopping the trade in equipment for Channel crossings is the first layer of tactics being used by the UK and other countries.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

My dummy account, Mohammed, was a profile set to private and designed to look similar to the accounts of younger Moroccan people who were liking and commenting on the posts advertising crossings.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Traffic was slow throughout July, with an average of 26 crossings a day, and in June, with 33 a day.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Chief Marshal Williams, for instance, had jumped aboard a passing engine and was now at one of the remaining bridge crossings, hosing it down.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy




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