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Recent Examples of secondary road
Tuesday morning, the state’s road closure report included 579 – three on interstates, 38 federal highways, 58 state roads, and 480 secondary roads.
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Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Oct. 2024
Hurricane Milton will bring flooding that is expected to impact both primary and secondary roads, parking lots, buildings and homes.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
The total number, courtesy of secondary roads, has climbed each of the last three days of the workweek.
—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
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Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Oct. 2024
Hurricane Milton will bring flooding that is expected to impact both primary and secondary roads, parking lots, buildings and homes.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
The total number, courtesy of secondary roads, has climbed each of the last three days of the workweek.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary road
Noun
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While sunlight melted snow in some areas on Wednesday, some school districts noted rural and side roads were still ice- and slush-covered in their announcements.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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The side roads are not being paid attention to, with the city and the state concentrating most of their attention on the larger roads.—
Dale Ellis,
arkansasonline.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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In January 1975, on a side street in New Haven, Conn., surrounded by the campus of Yale University, a small French restaurant featuring live music opened its doors, with an unlikely name — Toad’s Place.—
Thom Duffy,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 2025
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On a side street, Mr. Hernandez moved each koi into its own sturdy plastic bag of clean water, then packed them into boxes.—
Rukmini Callimachi,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.—
Allie Volpe,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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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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Hundreds of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters angrily confronted each other on the streets of a mainly Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday night as officials said Jews were targeted with antisemitic rhetoric.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Police searched a sidewalk and street roughly 20 minutes after the apparent sound of gunshots, but found no shell casings, no evidence of the shooting, and ultimately, no gun.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2025
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Winchester Avenue closed The road is closed from Raytown Road to I-435 South in Kansas City.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2025
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While Texas doesn't have a state property tax, local governments collect property taxes for public services like schools, streets, roads, police and firefighters.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The same principle appears in tree branches as well.—
Mitchell Newberry,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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No record of post on Trump’s account Trump began his second presidential term with a flurry of executive orders, one of which rolled back DEI programs in all agencies in the executive branch.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: According to an Urban Institute analysis, that criteria could likely metro Atlanta suburbs and exurbs — areas which would likely favor highway and major roadway widening or construction.—
Kristal Dixon,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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In fact, the amount of federal investment in highways during every year of the Biden administration was lower than in any year from 2003 through 2020.—
Jason Furman,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Secondary road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20road. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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