at the crossroads

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1. Also, at a crossroads. At a point of decision or a critical juncture, as in Because of the proposed merger, the company is standing at the crossroads. This phrase, based on the importance accorded to the intersection of two roads since ancient times, has also been used figuratively just about as long. In the 1500s Erasmus quoted from the Greek Theognis's Elegies (c. 600 b.c.): “I stand at the crossroads.”

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at the crossroads

"Lebanon is at the crossroads of a region that has been full of crises for thousands of years."

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

They are meeting up at the crossroads of the world’s most popular sports leagues: the NFL and the English Premier League.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Afghan food has been influenced by different cultures across Asia given the country’s location at the crossroads of the famous “Silk Road” trading corridor of centuries past.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2024

The event was also an immersion into the world of EDGLRD, the Miami-based multidisciplinary multimedia company that is now the home for Korine’s creative endeavors at the crossroads of film, technology and culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

She thought about all the coins that had appeared at the crossroads with Hecate.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan