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Recent Examples of lane
Deputy Ryan Keach located the zebra near the interstate and shut down one lane of traffic for travelers’ safety on May 31, the sheriff's office told Fox News Digital.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025
All of the traffic lanes were reopened within about three hours.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
Adrienne Long, 38, of Magnolia was killed around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday after a 2015 Chevrolet driving north on U.S. 79 near Magnolia crossed the turning lane and collided head-on with the 2015 Nissan that Long was driving south, according to a report.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
Choose your lane wisely: Stay toward the middle lanes – water tends to pool in the outside lanes.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 7 June 2025
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025
All of the traffic lanes were reopened within about three hours.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
Adrienne Long, 38, of Magnolia was killed around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday after a 2015 Chevrolet driving north on U.S. 79 near Magnolia crossed the turning lane and collided head-on with the 2015 Nissan that Long was driving south, according to a report.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
Choose your lane wisely: Stay toward the middle lanes – water tends to pool in the outside lanes.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lane
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These disruptions often result in road closures, traffic spikes and delays across key transit routes, severely affecting delivery schedules.—
Clemente Theotokis,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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But Woldenberg, who holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and who worked at a corporate law firm before joining the family business, has been down this road before.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Arriving in Huntsville, visitors are greeted by a towering Saturn V rocket that looms beside the highway like a monolith of American achievement.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The alerts are disseminated rapidly through multiple platforms, such as radio, television, highway message boards, cellphones and internet services, ensuring the widest possible reach.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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In one video, officers were seen throwing smoke bombs and flash bangs onto the street to get people to disperse, so the authorities could drive away in vans, SUVs and military-style vehicles.—
Greg Wehner , Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Like the old streets in so many cities, which were meant to bring out the history, turned out to be repetitions everywhere.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2025
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In a statement, Higgins, now a candidate for mayor in the city of Miami, said the original timeline was delayed as Miami-Dade answers questions from Florida’s Department of Transportation, which controls the MacArthur Causeway and other roadways around the project.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Investigators believed the person who killed Betsy Faria took the dog outside after she was stabbed, the probable cause said, and blood was cleaned up from the path between the victim and the patio door.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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Divorce can feel like an octopus whose tentacles are hard at work sucking in whatever prey is in its path.—
Lisa Zeiderman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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California leaders accused Trump of fanning protesters' anger, leading crowds to block off a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fire.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 June 2025
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Protesters blocked a major freeway and set cars on fire over the weekend, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
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Then, get lost in the maze of laneways and plazas housing eclectic international restaurants and shops selling clothing exemplifying Ibiza’s bohemian party style.—
Jennifer Fernández Solano,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Instead, its enduring appeal has always been its effervescent scene found in winding laneways, blockbuster art galleries, and innovative kitchens.—
Chloe Sachdev,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Nov. 2024
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Every day at the start of practice, the wide receivers line up and run half-speed routes to get loose, while the quarterbacks throw high-arcing passes downfield.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Process mining is the statistically most popular routes (where there is tracking).—
Ian Gotts,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Lane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lane. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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