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Recent Examples of motorway
The driver who was behind the wheel of the car that crashed on a Nigerian motorway, injuring British boxer Anthony Joshua and killing two others, has been charged.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026
Redouane, a 20-year police veteran who spends his nights chasing smugglers on Belgium’s busy motorway network, also features in the film.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Redouane, a police officer for 20 years, spends his nights chasing smugglers on Belgium’s busy motorway network.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
Questions remain on how infrastructure cost, power grid integration, and billing models will scale for longer stretches of motorway.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026
Redouane, a 20-year police veteran who spends his nights chasing smugglers on Belgium’s busy motorway network, also features in the film.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
Redouane, a police officer for 20 years, spends his nights chasing smugglers on Belgium’s busy motorway network.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
Questions remain on how infrastructure cost, power grid integration, and billing models will scale for longer stretches of motorway.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorway
Noun
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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
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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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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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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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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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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Catcher Danny Jansen hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning to bust open a close game, and the Rangers held on for an 8-5 road win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday.—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There’s also a Huracán Polizia version The Italian Highway Patrol uses a Huracán with police badging and a lightbar on the autostradas in and around Bologna.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2024
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Barreling down the autostrada, idling in front of our hotel, or stopping for gas, coffee, or red lights, the wagon drew constant admiration and approval.—
Tony Quiroga,
Car and Driver,
12 Aug. 2023
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Worthington spent his first years in France on a meagre wage, grateful that the club paid his expenses for trundling up and down the autoroute in his Fiat Punto: a 14-hour round trip to Lyon, a 16-hour there and back to Marseille.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The bridge carries the A75 autoroute across the Tarn valley, stretching 2,460 meters.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Motorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorway. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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