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Discover LudwigThe phrase "across the box" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is positioned or extending from one side of a box to the other, often in a spatial or visual context.
Example: "The label was placed across the box, making it easy to read from any angle."
Alternatives: "over the box" or "through the box".
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Milbrett shook her defender but decided to try a pass across the box to Rapp.
Benjani runs it to the byline and pulls the ball back across the box.
It whooshes across the box and earns a corner, which comes to nothing.
8.56pm: Whittaker sends a cross across the box, which everyone misses, including 23 Rangers players.
Stephen Carr and Graham Kavanagh moved the ball across the box to Kevin Kilbane.
Now De Leon slides a lovely ball across the box that's just ahead of Pajoy.
Out on the right Harte whipped an inswinger across the box.
A Liverpool cross floated across the box, so Kuyt smacked it at goal on the volley.
Bale fizzed a great ball across the box and he had to make a split-second decision.
Jason Puncheon opted to drill the corner low across the box, which caused chaos in the Saints backline.
A deep cross from the left fell to Cobi Jones, and his dart across the box was halted.
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