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crossed 1 of 2

adjective

as in outcrossed

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crossed

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verb

past tense of cross

as in betrayed

to be unfaithful or disloyal to people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river

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as in intersected

to divide by passing through or across there's a light where that street crosses Main Street

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as in traversed

to make one's way through, across, or over you may have to cross some woods on the way

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as in struck

to enter the mind of the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg

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Recent Examples of crossed

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Scores of drones have crossed into Romanian airspace over the past two years, with officials attributing many of the incursions to Russia. — Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 Twenty-six seconds earlier, Nicole Shelton of Morristown, New Jersey, had crossed the finish line with little fanfare. — Vivian Yao, Baltimore Sun, 17 Oct. 2026 Across the collection, familiar garments such as sleeping dresses and shirts became vehicles for exploring volume, sheer layering and foldability and crossed the runway with bounce. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026 But for a vacation with fewer crowds and lower prices that’s also seriously criss-crossed with cascades, consider visiting the port city of Hamilton on Lake Ontario instead. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2026 The 27-year-old crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 25 minutes and 21 seconds. — Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 At that time the suspect approached a fence area of the school from an undeveloped area, crossed the street, threw his weapon over the fence, then climbed the fence onto the school property, Krantz said. — Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 The company crossed $1 million in revenue just 12 months after launching its stream in May 2025. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Eritrean troops have also crossed the border into Tigray, according to Reuters, the AFP, and the conflict monitor ACLED. — Siyanne Mekonnen, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossed

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For my body has betrayed that my personal Room 101 must be the mid-exposure realization of having miscalculated a mutual understanding.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Infuriated and betrayed, Gabe decides to exorcize his rage by partying.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

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The two families’ lives intersected once again in their dedication to fight for independence for the Baltic states in the early 1960s.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
From 2021 to 2022, NFT trading intersected with the contemporary art world most dramatically at major auction houses.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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Concerns over driverless robotaxis, such as the Waymo vehicles that have traversed the Atlanta streets since last year, are also reasonable.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026
So while Waddington’s landscape looked like a static territory waiting to be traversed, the real landscape changes as cells develop.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of traversed

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Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
For Patil, Selvi’s habit of putting her own plans on hold struck close to home.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of struck

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What Brian and Dougal don’t know is that Lovat has actually double-crossed the MacKenzies; Lovat has secretly aligned with the Crown to betray the Jacobite forces, marching both men directly into a deadly trap.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Things go awry when he’s double-crossed.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026

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Another 24 new releases are lined up for the rest of the year; most of them originals (20) followed by new seasons (3) and a saga.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
What followed was a difficult stretch, with works by Cy Twombly, George Condo, Alberto Giacometti, and Lucian Freud among those failing to find buyers.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of followed

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Later in the inning, Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia walked in the tying run (credited to starter Tyler Glasnow for having initially loaded the bases).

— Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Finklea and his friend Ira Williams, 70, were shot to death when someone walked up to Finklea’s car along Northwest 30th Avenue and fired more than a dozen shots.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026