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Recent Examples of dual carriageway
Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads.
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The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dual carriageway
Noun
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In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive to Lick Mill Boulevard.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Our strategic position between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi watershed set our course as a commerce superhighway, with the Chicago Portage connecting two vast trading routes between the Atlantic and the Gulf.—
Alaina Harkness,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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In many ways, the Internet is the greatest disseminator of misinformation ever invented, crossed with a superhighway of shopping.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While some passengers were able to exit their taxis on their own, others were afraid to get out because their vehicle had stopped in the middle lane of a ring road with other vehicles passing on both sides, the reports said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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In France, dozens of buses and trucks drove slowly on the Paris ring road Monday to demonstrate their concerns about rising diesel prices.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The explosion Saturday killed at least 15 women on the busy motorway, according to the governor of Cauca, Octavio Guzmán, leaving behind the twisted metal debris of multiple vehicles by a 650-foot crater in the road.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Drivers on Ireland’s busiest motorway still face delays even after a wave of fuel protest blockades deescalated over the weekend.—
Olivia Fletcher,
Bloomberg,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The water glimmers across the street.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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The response in communities nationwide has been swift, with groups such as the Tucson Rapid Response network organizing to monitor and track federal immigration action on the street.—
Carolina Cuellar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Outside of Carrollton, Kentucky, a drunk driver going the wrong way on an interstate hit a converted school bus that was carrying a church group.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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All lanes of the interstate will be shut down Friday night into Monday morning south of I-20, rerouting traffic onto the Downtown Connector and into the city, Georgia Department of Transportation officials announced.—
Taylor Croft,
AJC.com,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The system can direct air to the bypass third stream to improve fuel efficiency and cooling.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Palazon’s wife Maya, who had double bypass heart surgery in 2025, went on Ozempic for health reasons related to diabetes, and Palazon too was prescribed a GLP-1 for severe sleep apnea.—
Connie Ogle
May 14,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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His journey mirrored that of Limon’s cell phone signal, which pinged to locations on the causeway and in Clearwater at the same time before the signal dropped.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Heuermann lived for decades in Massapequa Park, about a 25-minute drive across a causeway spanning South Oyster Bay to the sandy stretch where the women’s remains were found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Dual carriageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual%20carriageway. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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