dual carriageways

plural of dual carriageway, chiefly British

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Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the museum offers a patriotic lens into how the canals, highways, railroads and mines that stitched this country together were built by machines born in American factories.
    Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • On Tuesday, more than a million fans took to the streets to celebrate Mexico’s advancement to the World Cup’s round of 16, a feat the national team hadn’t achieved since 1986, and with each victory, the human tide grows.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Officers kept some witnesses at the scene for questioning and blocked off streets in the area.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • Owings added that a traffic study was completed and there won’t be an impact on nearby roadways.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Rodríguez denied those claims, saying some remote areas were difficult to reach because roads were blocked by landslides and debris, forcing authorities to rely on motorcycles, drones and satellite imagery.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • The roads can become extremely dangerous during this period because of fog, smoke, black ice and poor visibility.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Most fishermen confine their angling to early morning and late evening, and the pike fishermen of early spring have given up in disgust.
    Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • South Africa has now demonstrated — twice in five years — that its economic arteries can be shut down when pressure builds.
    Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
  • In 2016, Fitzpatrick had a 15½-hour surgery where doctors reconstructed half her tongue, using veins and arteries from her arm and thighs.
    John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • The borough added that collection days are not changing, only the start time of the pickup routes.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The model has structure in abundance and routes almost none of it toward meaning or mobility.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The state issued a strong warning urging residents to prepare for a large aftershock, and to stay off freeways if possible.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Another lithium-ion fire in 2024 forced authorities to close one of the major freeways leading out of the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach for a day.
    Tom Wait, CBS News, 24 June 2026
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“Dual carriageways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual%20carriageways. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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