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recross

British  
/ riːˈkrɒs /

verb

  1. to move or go across (something) again

    recross the river at the Ponte Solferino

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But even while Charlie longs to recross the wine dark sea to America, he ought to take solace in Homer’s words: “No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

That’s why you see people who are expelled, they often try right away again to recross into the United States and see if they have better luck on their second or third try.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2023

Over the years, their paths will diverge and recross as each struggles with the lingering effects of trauma.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

In years past, digital nomads would cross and recross borders as needed to avoid overstaying.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2020

A yet prettier way is to recross the stream at Houghton Lock and take a field-road across the meadows to the two Hemingfords, Hemingford Abbots and Hemingford Grey.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward