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Examples of southbound in a Sentence
The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
Recent Examples of southbound from the Web
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Following the closure, southbound lanes will be reduced from five to three for a two-month period.
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The storms were focused along a southbound cold front that is expected to pass the Chicago area Friday.
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At about 12:30 p.m., the Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination Program tweeted that southbound lanes of the road were closed near Key Bridge and that delays stretched about two miles.
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The southbound section of the A9 highway has been closed as fire trucks, ambulances, rescue workers, and police converged on the area.
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The shooting happened at 5:31 p.m. Wednesday in the southbound lane of Route 100 approaching Route 202, according to police.
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The accident was reported just after 6:30 a.m. in the southbound lane of I-45 when the18-wheeler carrying the pigs tipped onto its side, police said.
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A rollover crash blocked all southbound lanes of Interstate 5 Thursday morning in downtown Seattle near Seneca Street, according to the Washington Department of Transportation.
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Scattered debris from the wreckage prompted officers to close northbound as well as southbound lanes.
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First Known Use of southbound
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SOUTHBOUND Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of southbound for English Language Learners
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: going or heading south
SOUTHBOUND Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of southbound for Students
: going south a southbound train
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