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How to use the word cross-country in a Sentence?

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In coming decades, winter — as most people understand it — will get shorter and warmer, with less snow and more rain, this poses a serious threat to winter recreation: snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and downhill skiing.

– Robert Wilson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you’re into any sort of recreation, you should visit Wisconsin, whether it’s snowmobiling, ATVing, boating … even cross-country skiing. Anything. Anything outdoorsy and you will be accommodated.

– Bob Barnes

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think she experienced in other countries what it's liketo not be free and for the citizens of other countries to not be free, the freedom that young people have to get a driver's license and get a job and go on dates and drive cross-country if you want to when you want to … just doesn't exist anywhere else.

– The Irion family

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

World cross country champion at just Agnes Jebet Tirop burst, Agnes Jebet Tirop burst on to the global scene in 2015 and has been one of the world's best female distance runners over the past six years, this is a terrible blow to the entire athletics community, but especially to Agnes Jebet Tirop family, her friends and Athletics Kenya and I send them all our most heartfelt condolences.

– World Athletics

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I am excited to know that I will be able to try out for the girls' cross-country team and follow in the running shoes of my family, it hurt that the state of West Virginia would try to block me from pursuing my dreams. I just want to play.

– Becky Pepper-Jackson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm looking forward to racing Eliud Kipchoge again, we have had many great battles over the years on the track, roads and cross-country.

– Kenenisa Bekele

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If the kids miss regional, there are no next games, i have a personal stake in this because I have a son that is a cross-country runner.

– Kevin Sterling

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

After my traveling companion and I had been seated in our assigned seats for a while, we were approached by the flight attendant and my companion was asked to move from his premium seat to coach, so a couple could sit together. I explained that we were a couple and wanted to sit together. He was given a choice to either give up the premium seat and move to coach or get off the plane. We could not bear the feeling of humiliation for an entire cross-country flight and left the plane. I cannot believe that an airline in this day and age would give a straight couple preferential treatment over a gay couple and go so far as to ask us to leave. we will never be flying Alaska Airlines or their recently purchasedVirgin Airlines Groupever again. Thank you to Delta Air Lines for getting us home safe. If you are an#LGBTperson, please spend your travel dollars with an LGBT-friendly airline like Delta.

– David Cooley

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The Army has chosen to increase the cross-country mobility of the Bradley, allowing it to go further into off-road situations to support infantry formations.

– Ashley Givens

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

A glass of wine with dinner on an international flight? Reasonable (especially if you're also drinking a healthy amount of water). Three vodka tonics in quick succession on a cross-country flight? Recipe for regret.

– Christine Sarkis

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Three months ago my boyfriend and I visited Colorado to visit my family, i had tears down my cheeks and told him I decided to run cross-country for epilepsy.

– Jenny LaBaw

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Human trafficking is a monstrous and devastating crime that steals lives and degrades our nation, as a result of the FBI's outstanding coordination and exemplary efforts alongside state and local partners during Operation Cross Country, more children will sleep safely tonight, and more wrongdoers will face the judgment of our criminal justice system.

– Attorney General Loretta Lynch

Found on CNN
8 years ago

As a result of the FBI's outstanding coordination and exemplary efforts alongside state and local partners during Operation Cross Country, more children will sleep safely tonight, and more wrongdoers will face the judgment of our criminal justice system.

– Attorney General Loretta Lynch

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Sites like the golf course, sites like the velodrome and the equestrian cross-country have very aggressive timelines in order to be ready for the test events, rio is entering the most intense period of preparations. A period where Rio must reach a new level of detail.

– Nawal El Moutawakel

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Countries need to invest more in other mechanisms to share the cost of shocks, some form of cross-country risk-sharing is essential to help reduce adjustment costs for those countries and prevent recessions from leaving deep and permanent scars.

– Mario Draghi

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Cross-country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

– Steven Wright

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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