as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
hair-raising tales of outlaws who ambushed coaches traveling the high roads
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Recent Examples of high road
Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.
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Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2025
And Microsoft embraced neutrality after heavy unionA Since the NLRB will be weak for quite a while but a new study by The Center for Work And Democracy at Arizona State University identifies workers can influence a high road economy that go beyond traditional collective bargaining.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
But the former president didn’t stay on that high road for long.
—Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2025
And Microsoft embraced neutrality after heavy unionA Since the NLRB will be weak for quite a while but a new study by The Center for Work And Democracy at Arizona State University identifies workers can influence a high road economy that go beyond traditional collective bargaining.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
But the former president didn’t stay on that high road for long.
—Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high road
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The Chancellor Gordon Brown reacted by cutting duty on ultra-low sulphur petrol, freezing duty on other grades of motor fuel, putting more vehicles into the lowest vehicle excise duty band — a tax cut for most lorries — and taxing foreign truckers using British roads.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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The road is closed from exit 1A to I-35 North in Overland Park.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
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Here's what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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Even an empty bike, canoe or ski rack can produce more wind drag on the highway and increase fuel consumption.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Magen David Adom, Israel's rescue service, released video showing a large crater in a street and shrapnel damage to an apartment building.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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At the spring 2026 collections last September and October, runway fantasies like bows and face paint seeped right off the runways and into the streets.—
Irene Kim,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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All cars were being diverted from the freeway to the Citrus Avenue exit as cleanup work continued.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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As of Sunday night, MnDOT did not say when the freeway stretch would reopen.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Active Transportation Commission will provide feedback on four ongoing projects related to Fruitridge Road, one of Sacramento’s most dangerous thoroughfares; Arden Way and Auburn Boulevard; Stockton Boulevard, including bus routes along the roadway; and bike lanes on T Street.—
Madison Smalstig,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Everyone gathers on Franklin Street, the town’s historic thoroughfare that’s full of restaurants, bars, museums, galleries, shops, and more.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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This time, disruptions to shipping routes are interrupting those flows and that reduces the amount of money flowing back into financial markets, removing a key source of cash flows, the bank noted.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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People should consider alternate routes and expect delays.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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In October, the California Transportation Commission voted to approve $14 million in additional funding to expand a two-lane expressway to a four-lane expressway in Fresno County.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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The man had exited an ambulance that stopped to provide further treatment on the northbound carriageway between Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon while taking him to the hospital.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
2 Dec. 2025
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Photographs have shown large potholes on certain stretches and, at the scene, The Athletic was told that parts of the carriageway were so badly affected that ambulance drivers preferred to use only the fast (left) lane rather than crossing from one side to the other.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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“High road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20road. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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