crossing
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If a star passes close to a black hole without crossing the threshold for total disruption, it can lose only part of its mass, producing a partial TDE.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Ever since, we’ve been crossing our fingers and knocking on wood and sending up flares to the Booker gods, and sent the book to the printer a little earlier than usual just in case.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Earlier this week, Rabat said it was monitoring "the circulation of social media posts and messages of unknown origin" calling for a mass crossing Saturday, warning it would prosecute organisers and participants.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, with only 13 vessels crossing on Thursday compared with more than 130 a day before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
After crossing the Atlantic, the two girls stopped in London, where John Adams, the American minister to England, and his wife, Abigail, met the pair.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Germany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small boat crossings on the English Channel, the BBC has learned.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
There were 10 crossings on Monday compared with an average of 15 a day so far this month, according to Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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
"Not only are we protecting our physical borders from unlawful crossings, but we are also preventing immigration fraud schemes that are just another way to skirt the immigration laws of the United States," Blanche said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
I don’t know whether I should take her arm or not, and so I don’t; I walk along beside her, watchful at crossings as if she’s blind, slowing my pace to hers.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
