It turns out that elected officials aren't the only ones who sometimes cross the line with their words and should apologize for it.

CNN: Stop using the 'w-word'

Mr Smith's words did not cross this threshold.

BBC: Adrian Smith

We cross out Leading and Managing because these words are too strong for many in this generation.

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The song saw Caravel criss-cross London so she could film herself singing the words that corresponded with the street names.

BBC: June Caravel and Violet Hill sign

In other words, half the inmates would sit cross-legged for three hours.

NPR: Kurds Reportedly Abduct Iraqis, Turks

In other words, he's, like, talking at cross purposes to the budget he actually submitted.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

On a large lonely wooden cross on top of a hill in Antarctica, overlooking a route taken to the South Pole, someone inscribed the words "to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield".

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