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cruces

American

[kroo-seez] / ˈkru siz /

noun

a plural of crux.

cruces British

/ ˈkruːsiːz /

noun

a plural of crux

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Dirigido por un impetuoso gobernador de 35 años, Samuel García, el estado ha cortejado la inversión extranjera mientras busca mejorar las carreteras para facilitar el paso a los cruces fronterizos.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2023

These sorts of cruces always are to 224 me the most insoluble, and I should not wonder if D.B. stuck there for a week or two.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

Badr seu Bhadon Augusti mensis, dies festos auspicaturæ Dei Indræ, erigunt ad illius memoriam ubique locorum cruces amictas Abrotono.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

Sic cunis miscere cruces? cumque ubere matris Commisisse neces et scelus et furias?

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

The sterility of hybrids has been always considered one of the great cruces in connection with any theory of Evolution.

From Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals by Butler, Samuel

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