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Recent Examples of autoroute
Worthington spent his first years in France on a meagre wage, grateful that the club paid his expenses for trundling up and down the autoroute in his Fiat Punto: a 14-hour round trip to Lyon, a 16-hour there and back to Marseille.
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Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The bridge carries the A75 autoroute across the Tarn valley, stretching 2,460 meters.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
The result has been massive, heavy and hugely expensive vehicles which need ever bigger batteries, taxpayer incentives, and can’t handle long-range, high-speed autoroute cruising.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The bridge carries the A75 autoroute across the Tarn valley, stretching 2,460 meters.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
The result has been massive, heavy and hugely expensive vehicles which need ever bigger batteries, taxpayer incentives, and can’t handle long-range, high-speed autoroute cruising.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autoroute
Noun
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Redouane, a police officer for 20 years, spends his nights chasing smugglers on Belgium’s busy motorway network.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
12 Nov. 2025
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Regarded as one of the most ambitious transportation projects ever, this bridge features a four-lane motorway and a double-track railway, supported by concrete piers.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Southbound on the autobahn, just shy of the halfway point to Munich, a 45‑minute detour east leads to Weltenburger Klosterbrauerei, brewing since 1050.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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At about 90 mph on an unlimited German autobahn the range will be cut by about 44% to around 185 miles, according to ChatGPT.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The Idaho Transportation Department has reopened a state highway that was closed nearly a month ago when a midair fighter jet collision during an air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base left aircraft wreckage on the roadway.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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Do not take shelter under highway overpasses; tunneling effects can actually increase wind speeds.—
Laura Bannon,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Nash says he was stopped on the interstate by another vehicle carrying a group of men, including Hammer.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
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According to an alert from the Idaho Transportation Department, the crash, near Robinson Road on the Nampa-Meridian border, resulted in lane closures on the interstate.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The team said the quantity and pattern of tracks - and the fact they were all found in the same sediment layer - suggest that dinosaurs didn't settle in what is now Bolivia as much as trudge along an ancient coastal superhighway stretching from southern Peru into northwest Argentina.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
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The vision of the new company is to use the superhighway to bring different rules or different data sources to help the user in their document creation or communication.—
Aman Kidwai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In all, our group passed eight freeways, two highways, and one river, twice.—
Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The goal is to transform the highway into a freeway through the city, improving travel time and reducing crashes, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.—
Riley Moser,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Police call for drivers to remain attentive, particularly during the hours of sunrise and sunset, when shifting lighting conditions affect road visibility.—
Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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In the seventh inning of Tuesday night’s road game against the Washington Nationals, Lynch got the call out of the bullpen.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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Gary police said a suspect was placed into custody on Wednesday in connection with a road rage expressway shooting earlier this week.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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That would take the expressway — formally known as State Road 836 and commonly called the Dolphin — to where Eighth Street meets Southwest 157th Avenue.—
Douglas Hanks
June 11,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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“Autoroute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autoroute. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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