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Discover LudwigThe phrase "stand across" is grammatically correct, but is not commonly used in written English.
It could be used in the context of a physical action, indicating the direction of the action. For example, "She stood across the room and looked at them."
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"With a C-section, you stand across from the learner.
The Stuarts found another location for the farm stand across town.
The Gissar (Hissar) and Alay ranges stand across the Fergana (Farghona) Valley, which lies south of the western Tien Shan.
This year will see 463 Ukip candidates stand across 32 London boroughs, compared with only 87 in 2010.
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq — On a recent day off, Hussam Saad stood at a roadside vegetable stand across the highway from the prison where he says he works.
"Two lives stand across from one another, that could hardly be more different, and it isn't Christian Wulff's fault if the comparison does not fall in his favor".
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He said that while some officers stood across from Mr. Webster's stoop, others stood at the end of the block, at Franklin Avenue.
Anthony Weiner stood across from an empty lot.
The accordion player stands across the road.
The man's house stood across the moonscape mountainside.
I stood across the road looking at the doorway.
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