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as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
I think we should take one of the less congested roads
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Recent Examples of road
Two of the top teams in the SEC will go head-to-head on Saturday night as Kentucky hits the road to take on Alabama in what promises to be a high-stakes college basketball showdown.
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Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Currently, road safety projects often stall for years or decades.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2025
And teams are always going to look for an edge to gain any possible advantage, which entails telling their drivers to go into fuel-saving mode to minimize time on pit road.
—Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
While Texas doesn't have a state property tax, local governments collect property taxes for public services like schools, streets, roads, police and firefighters.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Currently, road safety projects often stall for years or decades.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2025
And teams are always going to look for an edge to gain any possible advantage, which entails telling their drivers to go into fuel-saving mode to minimize time on pit road.
—Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
While Texas doesn't have a state property tax, local governments collect property taxes for public services like schools, streets, roads, police and firefighters.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for road
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But the town’s cohesion frayed in the late twentieth century as factories shuttered, leaving behind dangerous pollution, and the construction of an interstate highway demolished the historic downtown.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2025
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Tune in to Banff’s mountain vibe Imagine climbing a nearby peak in hobnail boots circa 1930 or dodging avalanches as a Canadian Pacific railroad construction worker in the 1880s.—
Cindy Hirschfeld,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Four years ago, when San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan joined the City Council — then as a representative of District 10 — an empty grass lot near the railroad tracks at Branham Lane and Monterey Road was the chief culprit for complaints to his office.—
Devan Patel,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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According to police, neighbors on the otherwise idyllic-looking street had no idea what was going on inside.—
Gina Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Police searched a sidewalk and street roughly 20 minutes after the apparent sound of gunshots, but found no shell casings, no evidence of the shooting, and ultimately, no gun.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2025
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Brussels-Midi railway station, the terminus for both the Eurostar service from London St. Pancras and Paris Gare du Nord, is 1.7 miles from the hotel.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Feb. 2025
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Glyphosate is also increasingly used to clear out weeds in other places, such as along railways, and has been popular among home gardeners.—
Knvul Sheikh,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article Five months after Seattle completed its three-year construction project for a new bus rapid transit line along a main thoroughfare, neighbors are beginning to take stock.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Crossing seven modern-day prefectures and the snowy crags of the Japanese Alps, this thoroughfare, the Nakasendō, connected the imperial capital of Kyoto with the cultural capital of Edo (now Tokyo).—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The demonstration included a sign posted over the freeway as well as individuals pacing with Nazi flags, according to video that aired on the station.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC News,
8 Feb. 2025
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The 8-year-old girl stood in court and explained the immense sorrow a Sacramento police detective created when his car drifted off a freeway and fatally struck brothers Juan Carlos and Lionel Rodriguez.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Feb. 2025
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Jacksonville: Monday's through Thursday's routes will run one day late.—
Joy Jackson,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Also, airlines regularly make changes to their routes.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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The closures affect the eastbound lanes starting at NW 17th Avenue on the expressway, State Road 836, just west of Interstate-95, FDOT said in an alert.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2025
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/road. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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