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Recent Examples of motorway
Fuel protesters block the motorway outside Dundalk as protests continue for a third day against the rising cost of fuel due to the Middle East crisis across the country on April 9, 2026.
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Michael Considine,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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.
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Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
The motorway was originally built by Southern California Edison to install electrical towers, Green said.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Michael Considine,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
The incident occurred next to a major motorway just after midday, immediately outside the tower where the Israeli consulate is located.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorway
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The new Stars arena will be located off the Dallas autobahn, more commonly called the Dallas North Tollway, which over the last decade has become one of the busiest main roads in DFW.
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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.
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
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Work being done along Interstate 494 in Bloomington is just one of 200 projects the Minnesota Department of Transportation has scheduled this summer to fix up highways, bridges and other infrastructure.
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Look out for the town's whimsical water tower, painted with rainbow stripes to evoke a hot air balloon, from the interstate (on Cove Road).
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The video shows the teen swerving to avoid a collision, losing control, crossing back across the interstate, and rolling into the median.
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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.
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Mycorrhizal fungi direct traffic through nutrient superhighways and restructure the soil to support life across entire ecosystems.
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District Attorney Nathan Hochman said 33 vehicles safely drove past the area before Bickham sped down the freeway.
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Costco opted to open a gas station only in a shopping center that hugs the 5 freeway at Oso Parkway.
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Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.
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Entire buildings and roads were submerged in Accra on Monday, cutting off access to several areas of the Ghanian capital and in the neighboring city of Tema.
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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.
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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.
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Improvements required to be competitive on the autoroute Chinese EVs are designed to match local speed limits but may be forced to improve aerodynamics and gearing to be able to compete with German speedsters.
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The bridge carries the A75 autoroute across the Tarn valley, stretching 2,460 meters.
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“Motorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorway. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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