across

Example Sentences

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Tan’s predecessor, Pat Gelsinger, had been focused on domestic chip manufacturing; under his leadership, the company made plans to invest more than $100 billion into sites across Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Ohio.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

I have sat across from women who were deeply afraid, and I have watched as their fears were minimized, explained away, or ignored by the very systems meant to protect them.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

In 2010, he came across an old yarn mill in Maine that was still operating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

“You try to get across it’s not about where you get drafted,” Snead said Thursday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Willem, Nollie, Pickwick, Peter—all of us here—drawn against our wills across this square.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom