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Locals, including governor Garcia, stand on the banks of the nearby motorway — part of which has been shut to accommodate the fans going to the march — to take photos.—
Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
15 June 2026 The route was once a path for stagecoaches and mail coaches known as the Great North Road, but by 1983 it had been superseded by the faster M1 motorway.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 June 2026 Laminated glass on higher-spec models significantly reduces wind and road noise, giving the E-408 a notably serene motorway character.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026 The explosion Saturday killed at least 15 women on the busy motorway, according to the governor of Cauca, Octavio Guzmán, leaving behind the twisted metal debris of multiple vehicles by a 650-foot crater in the road.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for motorway