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Recent Examples of beltway
This could be a political master stroke: a chance to appear like a savvy dealmaker above the swampy beltway fray, while keeping the back pocket option to withhold or rescind agreed-to funding later.
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Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Growth brings beltway conversation to the table — again
Bauges noted that for his entire career with ITD, nearing 30 years, the Kuna-Mora route has been a topic of conversation.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
The apartment was on the tenth story of a fifteen-story block in which most windows opened onto the M-40, one of Madrid’s beltways.
—Literary Hub, 23 May 2025
With a portion of the beltway out of commission until at least Fall 2028, accidents on I-695 have increased slightly — about 3%.
—April Quevedo, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
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Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
Growth brings beltway conversation to the table — again
Bauges noted that for his entire career with ITD, nearing 30 years, the Kuna-Mora route has been a topic of conversation.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
The apartment was on the tenth story of a fifteen-story block in which most windows opened onto the M-40, one of Madrid’s beltways.
—Literary Hub, 23 May 2025
With a portion of the beltway out of commission until at least Fall 2028, accidents on I-695 have increased slightly — about 3%.
—April Quevedo, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beltway
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Just ask DePaul-area resident Janice Hughes, who claims she was rear-ended by a Coco robot while raking the parkway in front of her home.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The parkway’s roadside services—think roadside hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and gift shops—close in September and don’t reopen until June.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The interstate, which closed in both directions Friday evening, reopened around noon Saturday.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
10 Feb. 2026
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The casino is bereft of any architectural aspiration; many new warehouses along the interstate are more interesting.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Taylor Swift talked about caring for her father after his quintuple bypass surgery last summer.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Unlike traditional high-bypass turbofan engines, open-fan designs feature exposed fan blades, allowing for larger diameters with lower aerodynamic drag.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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Those bogus images and videos spread not just on X, but also along other superhighways of falsehoods, notably the Meta platforms Instagram, Facebook and Threads, albeit with less engagement.—
James Warren,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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But it was actually set in motion a year ago, when the Midcontinent Independent System Operator – the power grid operator for the central United States – approved a suite of projects to build a transmission superhighway across the upper Midwest.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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The state could build a high-speed autobahn for a fraction of the cost to move residents from the southern half of the state to the northern half and vice versa.—
John Moorlach,
Oc Register,
14 Dec. 2025
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The final drive day sees guests back on the autobahn and up into the incredible views afforded along German Alpine Road.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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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,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Leeds United’s home, nestled by the side of the M621 motorway around the edges of the city, looks tired in places.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Lamont, who tried unsuccessfully to convince legislators in 2019 and 2020 to approve electronic tolling on state highways, warned in November that Connecticut might need to curb borrowing for highway, bridge and rail repairs.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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Many of those original roads have faded away, swallowed by high-speed highways or erased by suburban expansion.—
Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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The crackdown comes after a group of children on bicycles took over several lanes of a freeway earlier in January, and it was all caught on camera.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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As the 19th century turned into the 20th, hundreds of thousands of cows were living on hundreds of small dairy farms cast across the broad plain of what is now crowded with homes, streets, businesses and freeways.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Beltway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beltway. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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