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as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
I think we should take one of the less congested roads
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Recent Examples of road
The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Why aren’t there any streetlights lining this road?
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Once the airport's new roads are done, TDOT will return to work, connecting state roadways with the airport roadways.
—Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Before Wednesday’s game, Schneider joked that the Canucks eventually just named him the starter in road games versus the Wild.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Why aren’t there any streetlights lining this road?
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Once the airport's new roads are done, TDOT will return to work, connecting state roadways with the airport roadways.
—Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Before Wednesday’s game, Schneider joked that the Canucks eventually just named him the starter in road games versus the Wild.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for road
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Future of eVTOLs In the longer term, Goldstein sees a future where eVTOLs are ubiquitous in the skies above American cities, flying in designated, but invisible, sky highways to ensure safety.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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On Wednesday, the jury charged Brown with violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death, which is a capital offense under federal law.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Much of the Nickel Plate Trail follows the path of the former railroad for which it's named.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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Johnson led officers on a chase through city streets before crashing at Seventh and Barton streets, the release says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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This is the fifth year of the campaign effort to petition Detroit’s city council to honor Mudge by naming a street after him.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Difficult path to building urban railways However, other types of obstacles presented themselves.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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Eyewitnesses reported seeing one of the railway’s two cars derailing and careening down the street before hitting a building.—
Angélica Franganillo Díaz,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Violette_FR’s new London home has large windows and a separate entrance facing Carnaby Street, the historic shopping thoroughfare that’s crowded with locals and tourists alike.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Macy’s chose China Grove for the facility due to its position in the Southeast near major thoroughfares, enabling faster, more efficient service to millions of customers.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
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Which freeway exits and connectors will be blocked to traffic?—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated October 28,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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The crash happened on the eastbound side of the freeway near Exit 56 in Ontario, according to FOX 11.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Diagonal passes to onrushing full-backs has proven to be another effective route around the high defensive line, as Inter targeted Denzel Dumfries with 14 long balls out to his flank across the two-legged Champions League semi-final tie with Barcelona last season.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The patient who was being taken to the hospital was placed in another rescue vehicle, which continued the route.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Many American cars have their steering on the left side, the opposite of the standard right-side steering in Japan, where expressway tolls are on the right side, for instance.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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In response, a gunman sprayed Stanfa's car with automatic weapons during an ambush on the expressway, and although he wasn't hurt, his son Joseph was wounded in the head, per UPI.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/road. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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