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Recent Examples of motorway
The incident occurred next to a major motorway just after midday, immediately outside the tower where the Israeli consulate is located.
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Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
He had been found in the snow by the motorway heading to the airport, and after his stomach had been pumped at Sabbatsberg Hospital he was taken to Beckomberga.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The motorway was originally built by Southern California Edison to install electrical towers, Green said.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
The driver who was behind the wheel of the car that crashed on a Nigerian motorway, injuring British boxer Anthony Joshua and killing two others, has been charged.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026
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Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
He had been found in the snow by the motorway heading to the airport, and after his stomach had been pumped at Sabbatsberg Hospital he was taken to Beckomberga.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The motorway was originally built by Southern California Edison to install electrical towers, Green said.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
The driver who was behind the wheel of the car that crashed on a Nigerian motorway, injuring British boxer Anthony Joshua and killing two others, has been charged.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorway
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Southbound on the autobahn, just shy of the halfway point to Munich, a 45‑minute detour east leads to Weltenburger Klosterbrauerei, brewing since 1050.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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At about 90 mph on an unlimited German autobahn the range will be cut by about 44% to around 185 miles, according to ChatGPT.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Lopez and Gonzalez, prosecutors said, would follow the victims and ambush them on the highway.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
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The same company that helped build highways and cities for a century is now helping build the backbone of the next industrial boom.—
Jay Woods,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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The Idaho Transportation Department announced Friday that crews will begin milling and paving the interstate between the Garrity Boulevard (Nampa) and Ten Mile Road (Meridian) interchanges Tuesday night, and I-84 lane closures are set to begin Monday.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
6 June 2026
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The closure impacts the same stretch of interstate that was shut down earlier this month and is part of the ongoing I-285 Westside reconstruction project, which spans 10 miles from South Fulton Parkway in College Park to Collier Road.—
Daniel Wilkerson,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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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
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Black California lives on freeway exits and underpasses, in tents and lean-tos.—
Zinzi Clemmons,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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The project is close to multi-family housing on Del Valle Street, between Ventura Boulevard and the freeway.—
Fielding Buck,
Daily News,
8 June 2026
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County officials said the money would be used to repair roads, fix storm damage, maintain bridges and manage roadside vegetation.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Chart your own path through American history across the 33 miles of roads and 1,328 monuments on the battlefield, view hallowed ground from atop the Pennsylvania Memorial and see where President Abraham Lincoln gave his historic address at the Gettysburg National Cemetery.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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It was named Lucca incidentally because Auto Union star driver Hans Stuck set its record-breaking speed on a stretch of straight autostrada near the Italian town in 1935.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 May 2026
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There’s also a Huracán Polizia version The Italian Highway Patrol uses a Huracán with police badging and a lightbar on the autostradas in and around Bologna.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2024
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Worthington spent his first years in France on a meagre wage, grateful that the club paid his expenses for trundling up and down the autoroute in his Fiat Punto: a 14-hour round trip to Lyon, a 16-hour there and back to Marseille.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The bridge carries the A75 autoroute across the Tarn valley, stretching 2,460 meters.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Motorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorway. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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