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Recent Examples of beltway
Temperatures may dip below 10° outside of the beltway and low to mid-teens across the immediate metro.
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Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
In recent days, as Netflix became an increasingly serious contender to take over the storied, century-old studio home to the The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and The Lord of the Rings, the service faced pushback both within Hollywood’s 30-mile zone and inside the Washington beltway.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Hersh had deep sources at the epicenter of the Washington beltway.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025
The apartment was on the tenth story of a fifteen-story block in which most windows opened onto the M-40, one of Madrid’s beltways.
—Literary Hub, 23 May 2025
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Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
In recent days, as Netflix became an increasingly serious contender to take over the storied, century-old studio home to the The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and The Lord of the Rings, the service faced pushback both within Hollywood’s 30-mile zone and inside the Washington beltway.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Hersh had deep sources at the epicenter of the Washington beltway.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025
The apartment was on the tenth story of a fifteen-story block in which most windows opened onto the M-40, one of Madrid’s beltways.
—Literary Hub, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beltway
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Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor if they're caught excavating, digging or altering the land along the parkway.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Buick went over a wall on the parkway and onto the road below before crashing into a wall, police said.—
Timia Cobb,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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To enter the interstate, drivers will take the Lower Tarrant Road/Egyptian Way exit and continue south on State Highway 161.—
Hedija Spahalic,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Instead of battling traffic on the interstate or navigating long TSA lines, Ladybird Jet members show up 15 minutes before takeoff, hop on a plane and usually get to their destination within an hour.—
Saul Pink,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Security experts warn that when firewall configuration files and credentials are exposed, attackers can more easily map out a network, identify vulnerabilities and bypass protections that would normally stop an intrusion.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Then, in February 2019, Buckingham suffered a heart attack and had to undergo triple bypass surgery.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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In many ways, the Internet is the greatest disseminator of misinformation ever invented, crossed with a superhighway of shopping.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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First is an eight-lane superhighway, designed exclusively for massive traffic.—
Judy Stecker,
STAT,
27 Feb. 2026
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Among myriad other possibilities, the Orca could be turned into an intriguing motorhome, quite likely the sleekest, slipperiest Class B+ RV roaming the autobahn.—
C.C. Weiss
March 05,
New Atlas,
5 Mar. 2026
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The state could build a high-speed autobahn for a fraction of the cost to move residents from the southern half of the state to the northern half and vice versa.—
John Moorlach,
Oc Register,
14 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The traffic on the M1 motorway had come to a total standstill.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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He had been found in the snow by the motorway heading to the airport, and after his stomach had been pumped at Sabbatsberg Hospital he was taken to Beckomberga.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The highway is near a military zone, called Lavizan, which has been targeted five times during the war, according to military experts.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Those campaigns will involve everything from social media posts to highway billboards.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
3 Apr. 2026
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Officers detained 85 participants, ultimately citing the group for riding a bicycle onto a freeway, before releasing them.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Based on the Don Winslow novella, Crime 101 follows an elusive jewel thief (Hemsworth) whose string of heists along the 101 freeway have mystified police.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Beltway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beltway. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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