across

Example Sentences

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One man, who'd come for his 50th birthday and had always wanted to see shooting stars, sobbed as he saw them streak across the sky, she tells us.

From BBC

In Iran’s capital, panicked Tehranis rushed to grocery stores to stockpile food and water as explosions sounded across the city.

From The Wall Street Journal

Little-Pengelly said there were many people from across Northern Ireland who would be apprehensive about their loved ones who lived in the Middle East.

From BBC

Explosions were also reported over cities across the region, including in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan.

From Barron's

The office of Iran's supreme leader in the capital Tehran is among the targets, as well as military sites across the country.

From BBC