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  • verb Present participle of crisscross.

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Examples

  • Once again crisscrossing Asia (now so changed more than 30 years on), Theroux uses the many vastly different trains as his magic carpet.

    Cover to Cover 2008

  • Once again crisscrossing Asia (now so changed more than 30 years on), Theroux uses the many vastly different trains as his magic carpet.

    Cover to Cover 2008

  • The strapping actually better because you've got some crisscrossing, which is going to stabilize the shoe a little bit better.

    CNN Transcript May 24, 2002 2002

  • So, they're really kind of crisscrossing the country.

    CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2008 2008

  • You can see it kind of crisscrossing what appears to be some crops or farm field right there.

    CNN Transcript May 24, 2008 2008

  • Kiuna said the envoy and some NGOs have been "crisscrossing" his constituency in the name of peace building.

    The Standard | Headlines 2009

  • The crisscrossing intersection at West 71 Street, Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway will be the first of about 1,500 dangerous street locations in New York to receive safety upgrades under a new city plan.

    Safety Measures Set for City Intersections Sean Gardiner 2010

  • Set against the broad backdrop of the 2008 presidential campaign — when politicians were crisscrossing his path in pursuit of fluttery voters — and the more intimate focus of a family health crisis, the book stitches together keenly observed moments in the lives of butterflies, birds, plants and the people who care about them.

    Butterfly Quest Harry Zirlin 2010

  • Just out of the ranks of the top 10, Altamont's network of pipes crisscrossing the inside of the landfill capture 93% of its gas.

    America's Biggest Landfills Christopher Helman 2010

  • The interior of Anahuacalli is a modern Mexican labyrinth, with narrow stone staircases crisscrossing tomb-like rooms across three levels.

    Anahuacalli: Diego Rivera's gift of indigenous treasures 2009

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