Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-question
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Additional divers from the Japan Coast Guard further examined the ship.—
CBS News, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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His latest work, The Urgency of Indigenous Values—available via JSTOR’s Path to Open program—not only examines the origins, wisdom, and pertinence of Haudenosaunee beliefs, but also confronts the inherent limitations of such examination.— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
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On Friday morning, Riverside attorneys will cross-examine Powell.— Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
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The hearing gives Robinson's defense team a chance to cross-examine those witnesses, and the proceeding could reveal previously undisclosed evidence in the case.— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
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While walking to her car, Penton was bombarded with insults from shouting supporters of Delgado-Garcia wearing green.— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
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Yet the current system, where kids are bombarded by tests and parents by test scores, has real limitations.— Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
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He got shot while going undercover in an animal-smuggling ring, came up against IA multiple times for accusations of excessive force, and had to interrogate Hayden Panettiere as two different people.— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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Then immigration officers, who are often following the state troopers or riding with them, interrogate the driver and passengers, according to Vecindarios 901, an immigration rapid-response organization that has witnessed dozens of stops.— Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50, 17 Apr. 2026
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In a similar vein, the Business section featured an article on our inequitable national tax structure, which enables the wealthy to grow their wealth while most people, besieged by income taxes and rising property taxes, struggle.— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
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Early on, the Biden team had been besieged with desperate pleas to ship more of the then scarce vaccine.— David Blumenthal, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
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Angelita Soriano, a spokesperson for the No Data Center group, asked Huddlestun to provide residents with an independent health impact study of the future site of the Amazon data center planned at 61st Avenue and Colorado Street.— Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Do your children ask to come with you on these races?— Morgan Korn, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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