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The traffic on the M1 motorway had come to a total standstill.—Stuart James, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026 He had been found in the snow by the motorway heading to the airport, and after his stomach had been pumped at Sabbatsberg Hospital he was taken to Beckomberga.—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026 The motorway was originally built by Southern California Edison to install electrical towers, Green said.—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026 The city is located near the A5 Basel–Frankfurt and A8 Munich–Karlsruhe motorways.—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for motorway