7 sentences with 'crossing'

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• « The small fleet of light boats was crossing the sea in calm waters, under a cloudless sky. »

• « Ferdinand Magellan succeeded in rounding South America and crossing the Pacific, but was killed by natives in the Philippines in 1521. »

• « Tuesday 22, 12:30 a.m. Before dawn, the group had to pass unseen by four Chinese soldiers' tents, the last military checkpoint before crossing the border. »

• « The first transatlantic crossing was a race between two steamships from England to New York in 1838; soon, sailing ships became what they are today: archaic novelties. »

• « The supply train for the Spanish armies, known as the Spanish Road, stretched from Spain through west-central Europe, crossing both Habsburg and other princely-controlled territories. »

• « Things were different in the east, however. In contrast to the essentially static nature of trench warfare on the Western Front, the Russian, German and Austrian armies in the east were highly mobile, sometimes crossing hundreds of miles in an attempt to outflank their enemies. »

• « At 8 o'clock, Frank Hoffman, who lives near the railroad crossing, heard the long whistles of the train. He leaned out of a window and saw the car approaching the turnout, slightly ahead of the train. At last the car turned right and proceeded toward the crossing without stopping. »

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