across country
idiom
1
: from one side of a country to the other.
They drove across country.
2
: from one side of the countryside to the other
The river runs across country.
3
: by a course going directly over the countryside rather than by roads
The group walked across country.
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Severe weather hits northern Plains as major heat wave set to move across country
The all-time record for a heat wave in Pittsburgh happened in mid-July 1988 when city residents sweltered for five consecutive days with 98.6-degree temperatures.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 17 June 2024
Our faculty help students gain a multi-perspectival understanding of regional issues both within nation-states and across country borders, where the social, political, and economic interconnectivity between the United States and its Latin American partners have reverberations on a global scale.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2023
An artist who cartwheels across country, hip-hop, rock and R&B, Shaboozey is a product of the melting pot that is Virginia.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 13 May 2024
Embracing radicalism Oakland Mayor Thao joins mayors from across country in D.C. asking for homelessness resources
Currently, the city operates six tiny home or cabin shelter sites, totaling more than 500 units, with three new facilities in the pipeline to add hundreds more beds.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 17 June 2024
Our faculty help students gain a multi-perspectival understanding of regional issues both within nation-states and across country borders, where the social, political, and economic interconnectivity between the United States and its Latin American partners have reverberations on a global scale.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2023
An artist who cartwheels across country, hip-hop, rock and R&B, Shaboozey is a product of the melting pot that is Virginia.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 13 May 2024
Embracing radicalism Oakland Mayor Thao joins mayors from across country in D.C. asking for homelessness resources
Currently, the city operates six tiny home or cabin shelter sites, totaling more than 500 units, with three new facilities in the pipeline to add hundreds more beds.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
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“Across country.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20country. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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