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  • Wearing a handsome short-sleeve cardigan knit into the pattern of the American flag, Whisenand was selling t-shirts with the silhouette of the state of Florida on them, cross-cut with the word BELIEVES.

    Florida Republican primary results – live 2012

  • The first cross-cut the man made, there was space for only three holes, so narrow had become the pay-streak and so close was he to the fountainhead of the golden stream he had been following for four days.

    All Gold Canon 2010

  • What I like is that they are organized around principles that cross-cut a set of disciplinary silos Computer Science has gotten too used too.

    CS Principles « Beki's Blog (there's an original name) 2010

  • The first cross-cut the man made, there was space for only three holes, so narrow had become the pay-streak and so close was he to the fountainhead of the golden stream he had been following for four days.

    All Gold Cañon 2010

  • I'd like to make a change to his healthcare proposal and it starts by plugging in my cross-cut shredder.

    Baucus plans changes to his own health care proposal 2009

  • Four weeks after our return, a story about our trip was aired, cross-cut with footage created by the Soviets that in no way represented our experience.

    Paul Fitzgerald: The Biggest Jaw-Dropping Journalism Scandal of All? Paul Fitzgerald 2011

  • "The methods and equipment used to routinely destroy classified information include burning, cross-cut shredding, wet-pulping, melting, mutilation, chemical decomposition or pulverizing."

    How do you mail a top-secret letter? 2010

  • Now this dispute will to some extent cross-cut concepts like “neoconservative” or “realist.”

    Matthew Yglesias » The Relevance of Theory 2008

  • These old-new pairings soon give way to what is effectively a miniature retrospective – early op-art, 80s stripes, the recent parallel curves and steeply flaring diagonals, cross-cut by verticals.

    Bridget Riley: Paintings and Related Work – review Laura Cumming 2010

  • “Perhaps you should try some celery,” I say, picking a jagged cross-cut section of apium graveolensout of the aluminum bin in which it rests.

    Celery: Viva Veggie Viagra! 2010

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