dual carriageways

plural of dual carriageway, chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Improvements include the replacement of the viaduct’s bridge deck, drainage system, and installation of new barrier walls and highways lights, among other structural enhancements.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2025
  • There are 545 active capital projects planned for this year on state highways, bridges and roads.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Nearly 41% of fatalities on Michigan roadways in 2023 involved alcohol and/or drugs.
    Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • During the advisory, slippery travel conditions are possible, especially on untreated roadways.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On Monday, crews are continuing to work to clear the roads as temperatures sits near zero with negative wind chills.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Crews are working to clear snow and ice from roads after blizzard conditions Sunday brought 8-12 inches of snow in various parts of the metro, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, data set to be released later this week could give a glimpse as to what, if anything, could be coming down the pike.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
  • More than one-third (35 percent) are actively bracing for the future with an anxious eye toward what new trade policy might be coming down the pike, and 59 percent are concerned about what could happen now or in the future.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Content is simply there, clogging up the arteries of streaming services and clickbait sites, offering up buffets of empty calories and almost instant amnesia.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The book reveals many such journeys, tracking the garbage of rich countries along hidden arteries toward some of the planet’s poorest places.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
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