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The phrase "across a river" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a location or action that involves crossing or being situated on the opposite side of a river.
Example: "The village is located across a river from the city, making it a peaceful retreat for those looking to escape the hustle and bustle."
Alternatives: "over the river" or "on the other side of the river".
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LONG SHJOT — EMBANKMENT ACROSS A RIVER — NIGHT Low fires are seen in the distance, forming the enemy camp.
LONG SHOT — EMBANKMENT ACROSS A RIVER — NIGHT Low fires are seen in the distance, forming the enemy camp.
Mr. Haskell said the family had taken a boat across a river to Leticia, Colombia, where they obtained the visa.
I ran away, crossed mountains and swam across a river to reach India.
His mother smuggled him to northern Iraq, where he floated across a river in an inner tube to Syria.
Consider the time he took a group of visitors to his Texas ranch across a river in a fierce rainstorm.
Martinez's mother told CNN that her son is bipolar and was intercepted earlier this year when he tried unsuccessfully to enter North Korea by swimming across a river.
Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images 9.53am GMT A typhoon survivor paddles his boat across a river as the sun rises in typhoon-ravaged Palo, central Philippines.
She first crossed into Thailand, but not before swimming across a river and not before authorities held her at gunpoint.
Chad Cook, a forestry technician, pointed across a river near the campsite authorities said Mr. Rudolph used as a "winter hideout".
She carried the children on her shoulders across a river, from the Central African Republic to Chad.
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