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Recent Examples of motorway
The interview started with a second apology from the man who was late due to a crash on the motorway.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Many southerners think the Watford Gap motorway service station — which is confusingly 60 miles north of Watford, a town just north west of London — is the true gateway to the frozen steppes beyond.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
During my test driving, which remained legal for British roads but was generally spirited, the car still delivered 38mpg (32 miles per US gallon) across a mix of motorway, A-road and urban driving.
—James Morris, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
According to a statement from England’s motorway maintenance company National Highways, the coffin dates back more than 1,500 years to Britain’s Roman era.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Many southerners think the Watford Gap motorway service station — which is confusingly 60 miles north of Watford, a town just north west of London — is the true gateway to the frozen steppes beyond.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
During my test driving, which remained legal for British roads but was generally spirited, the car still delivered 38mpg (32 miles per US gallon) across a mix of motorway, A-road and urban driving.
—James Morris, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
According to a statement from England’s motorway maintenance company National Highways, the coffin dates back more than 1,500 years to Britain’s Roman era.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorway
Noun
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During my test driving, which comprised about 45 miles, in a variety of modes and at a variety of speeds including close to 100mph on a German autobahn, the car achieved close to 3 miles per kWh.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The other side: Richmond, Virginia, is a veritable autobahn by comparison, with drivers making the same distance trip in under 10 minutes on average.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
8 Jan. 2025
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Israeli police said officers and emergency workers are still clearing the closed highway, with bulldozers brought in to remove debris.—
Dragana Jovanovic,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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Those choices will likely dictate whether the ultimate story of this recent two-season stretch is more of a speed bump on the road to further success or a pothole that sent them careening off the highway.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Firefighters in Massachusetts were called to put out a vehicle fire on an interstate managed to save two lives — including one who wasn’t even involved.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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The eastbound interstate was closed between exit 114 for West Glenwood and exit 119 for No Name, according to CDOT.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2025
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This behavioral hijacking turns what should be a reproductive dead end into a superhighway for infection.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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From the quiet fields of rural India to the deserts of northern Mexico runs an international migration superhighway, funneling tens of thousands of Indians to the U.S. border each year.—
Matt Rivers,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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When overtaking a freight train of 2 or 3 Class 8 big rigs hauling loads of green tomatoes through our California Central Valley, or getting around a similar raft of gravel trucks on the 210 freeway in Los Angeles.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Investigators determined the driver of the 18-wheeler fell asleep behind the wheel and veered off the freeway.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There are at least some echoes of the ultra-hyper violent God of War, the famed video game series, and that is getting a live-action adaptation on Amazon Prime Video down the road.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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When the original owner of the bookstore needed to move locations down the road, the town residents showed up in droves, creating a human conveyor belt moving the books hand-to-hand down to the new location.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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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But all display weak high-speed cruising ability on autoroutes.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Yet all four fail the autoroute range test, as do their predecessors.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes,
13 Oct. 2024
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“Motorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorway. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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