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recross

British  
/ riːˈkrɒs /

verb

  1. to move or go across (something) again

    recross the river at the Ponte Solferino

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Being in an unfit state to receive them, with few arms and no ammunition, my brother determined to recross the frontier.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi

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