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Recent Examples of secondary road
The total number, courtesy of secondary roads, has climbed each of the last three days of the workweek.
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Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Oct. 2024
Traffic was backed up for dozens of miles (kilometers) during the morning rush hour and the crash left other highways and secondary roads in gridlock.
—Susan Haigh, Fortune, 2 May 2024
Some secondary roads will close during the winter, but main routes, like Newfound Gap Road (US-441), Little River Road, and Laurel Creek Road are open all year, depending on the weather.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
Some secondary roads remain closed from past flood damage.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
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Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Oct. 2024
Traffic was backed up for dozens of miles (kilometers) during the morning rush hour and the crash left other highways and secondary roads in gridlock.
—Susan Haigh, Fortune, 2 May 2024
Some secondary roads will close during the winter, but main routes, like Newfound Gap Road (US-441), Little River Road, and Laurel Creek Road are open all year, depending on the weather.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
Some secondary roads remain closed from past flood damage.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary road
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On a side road, where hundreds of attendees parked their cars, a Tesla cybertruck sported two Trump flags on the back.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
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Near the Tennessee state line, crews were finally starting to reach side roads after clearing the main roads winding through switchbacks, but that brought a new set of challenges.Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Lasting between two-and-a-half to three hours on average, Road Raves weave through a network of bike lanes and side streets, with brief stops at the key sites connected to the theme of the day’s route, Grosspietsch said.Sylvan Lebrun, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
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The venue, a downtown Manhattan club on a side street thronged with everyone from movie stars to wannabes hoping to gain entry to the party that was still raging at 3 a.m., had been at capacity since midnight.Amy DuBois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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Low gas prices are expected to fuel high road traffic.Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
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But the former president didn’t stay on that high road for long.Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
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The route covers 2000 years of Maastricht, passing the most beautiful monuments, the coziest squares and the most atmospheric streets.Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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These thieves steal packages primarily from residences whose front doors are easily visible and within 25 feet of the street, according to the Better Business Bureau.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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This weekend, the Festival of the Arts returns to downtown Tempe and the APS Electric Light Parade returns to Phoenix, bringing with them road closures.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
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And just as was the case during Phelan's path to House leadership over the past two sessions, Burrows' road will travel through the heart of Democratic territory.John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Dec. 2024
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At the federal level, a new farm bill being drafted in Congress — an extensive piece of legislation that sets agricultural and conservation policy nationwide — could address regulatory rollbacks from the executive and judicial branches.Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
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Vought authored a chapter in the controversial Project 2025 policy agenda on the Executive Office of the President of the United States and will be in charge of overseeing the White House budget and implementation of Trump’s policies throughout the executive branch.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Six people, including two children, are dead after a person driving a pickup truck the wrong way on a Mississippi highway collided with a car.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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The highway administration approves the plans; state and local jurisdictions oversee construction.Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Secondary road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20road. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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