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Recent Examples of motorway
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.
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Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 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
They can be taken anywhere on local roads but not on motorways and not yet within the London Congestion Charging zone, though access to central London is in the works.
—Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The whole sequence where the Doctor pilots the TARDIS down the motorway while trying to save Donna is edge-of-your-seat stuff.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Matt Slater, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 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
They can be taken anywhere on local roads but not on motorways and not yet within the London Congestion Charging zone, though access to central London is in the works.
—Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The whole sequence where the Doctor pilots the TARDIS down the motorway while trying to save Donna is edge-of-your-seat stuff.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorway
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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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As the snow eased and major highways reopened, strong winds and travel warnings remained.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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Yet another sinkhole has opened on Interstate 80 through Wharton, N.J., closing the heavily trafficked highway in both directions on Wednesday and into Thursday.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The Bentley Road bridge is one component of a $540 million overhaul of the intersecting interstates, an undertaking designed to accommodate population swells on Fort Worth’s western outskirts.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Mar. 2025
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As of Tuesday morning, crews spread 1.8 million gallons of brine on hundreds of miles of interstates, highways and secondary roads, Stein said.—
Joe Marusak and,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
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In January 2024, the state completed the $1.6 billion Wekiva Parkway, an elevated superhighway designed to protect wildlife and limit the sprawl of residential subdivisions.—
Martin E. Comas,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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But Pike — like many others here — knows that the thousands of dogs roaming freely between the desert landscape and people's homes serve as a superhighway for ticks.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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Poppies and tulips will soon blossom, most noticeably along the banks of local freeways.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Step two: Pave a freeway through Paradise Valley at the government’s expense.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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New York has completed the first leg of its road back-to-back.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Map of El Portal Road What roads are closed at Yosemite?—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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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 2 Apr. 2025.
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