cross paths

phrase

: to meet especially by chance
crossed paths with an old friend on a business trip

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Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team fan out across communities in eastern Congo looking for people who may have crossed paths with the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 While hanging around outside the long-running show’s studios in Los Angeles, Taleno crossed paths with none other than judge Simon Cowell, and took a shot. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 The 74-year-old actor appeared nearly unrecognizable in a new photo with fellow actor David DeLuise after the two unexpectedly crossed paths at a grocery store. — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Annable also shared his feelings on his character’s backstory, explaining how a surgeon and CIA agent could have crossed paths. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cross paths

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“Cross paths.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross%20paths. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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