As it turned out, the itinerary was disconcertingly illogical, involving criss-crossing America in anything but a straight line.
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Crisscross
/ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/
Synonyms for "crisscross" (124 found)
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Noun(3 words)
acrossacross the grainankhathwartathwartshipsavellan crossbarcalvary crosschichi-rhochiasmalchiasmicchiasticchristcrosschristogramcontrariwisecontrawisecrosscross ancrecross botonee
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cross bourdonee
Adjective(1 words)
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cross fitchecross fleurycross formeecross fourcheecross grainedcross grignoleecross molinecross of clevescross of lorrainecross pateecross recerceleecross-crossletcross-grainedcrossbarcrossbonescrosscutcrossedcrossingcrossletcrossway
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daggerdecussatedecussatedexexingfork crossgammadiongreek crossintercrossintersectintersectedintersectinginverted crossjerusalem crosslatin crosslie acrosslong crossmaltese crossobliquelyoverthwart
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papal crosspectoral crosspotent crossroodrussian crosssaltiresecantsidewayssidewiseswastikattauthwartthwartlythwartwaystransversetransverselytraversetrefled crossvoided crossx
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22 entriesbacktrackingbraidingbus networkchevron patterncrisscross bindingcrisscross gridcrisscross lacingcrisscross latticecrisscross stitchingcrisscross weavecrosshatchcrosshatchinggrid patterngridworkhatchworkinterlacing
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11 entriescrisscross datacrisscross designcrisscross gridcrisscross latticecrisscross linescrisscross motifcrisscross networkcrisscross patterncrisscross routescrisscross weavecrisscross weaving
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He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices.
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Throughout this period, and beyond, into the rest of the battle, aircraft of various types and loadouts are crisscrossing the skies in desperate harassment attacks, with the pilots having to play constant games of "guess the carrier" to decide where to land as escort carriers are hit, sunk, disappear in columns of shell splashes, or are forced to evade at angles to the wind that make landing on them impossible.
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We reach the first barrier, which is like the barriers blocking off roadworks, or dug-up sewers: a wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes, a red hexagon which means Stop.
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