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Meanings of cross country running in English

Russian
кросс
Portuguese
cross-country
Spanish
campo a traves
Catalan
camp a través
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Sport in which competitors race by running a long-distance course on natural terrain.

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        Examples for "cross country race"
        Examples for "cross country race"
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        Deceptively tough too, especially when you get to run around in proper cross country race conditions.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The cross country race will be held on a technical 5km course which riders must complete several times.
        Reuters
        3
        Also treks the occasional 550 kilometre cross country race when not travelling the globe as an AIG ambassador.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The smaller the jump, the further behind a skier starts behind in the afternoon's 10km cross country race.
        Reuters
        5
        It was her first cross country race in over a year, and there was certainly nothing soft about the competition.
        The Irish Times
        1
        He had already won the world cross country championship five months earlier.
        Jamaica Observer
        2
        All four New Zealand riders will compete in the cross country phase.
        Radio NZ
        3
        We began doing more cross country flights to airports in the area.
        The Biography of a Rabbit
        4
        Eventing is a three-phased sport including dressage, cross country and show jumping.
        Reuters
        5
        Evidently the whole party had been out for a cross country run.
        The High School Left End; or, Dick & Co. Grilling on the Footbal...
        Usage of cross country running in English
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        Of course the thing about cross country running is it's never weather permitting.
        The Irish Times
        2
        It's going to be true cross country running.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Last week, RNZ spoke to him about cross country running and why a quarter of primary school-aged children do not like it.
        Radio NZ
        4
        ATHLETICS: Sonia O'Sullivan intends to remind her rivals next month that she also has more than a passing interest in cross country running.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The most exciting event was one of the night trainings, when Col. Jones combined cross country running with keeping direction in the dark.
        The Fifth Leicestershire / A Record of the 1/5th Battalion the L...
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        Nothing much has changed in the hierarchy of Irish cross country running after the National Intercounties Championship had conformed to script in Dungarvan yesterday.
        The Irish Times