across

Example Sentences

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Durazo was ahead of four other candidates in District 1, which stretches from downtown Los Angeles across the San Gabriel Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

But tens of thousands of children across the country have fallen ill since the programme was launched in January last year, leading to calls for it to be suspended.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Meanwhile, most equity markets across Asia rose after new developments in artificial intelligence lifted the U.S.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Around 370,000 people across a swath of the country from Shikoku island in western Japan to Tokyo have been urged to evacuate, the government said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

A man holding a rifle across his chest, wearing a holstered gun on his waist, stands guard.

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