parkway

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Recent Examples of parkway One such example of accessible ice climbing in the region is Tangle Falls, which is set right off the parkway, 85 miles north of Lake Louise. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026 The hijacking sparked a dramatic police chase that ended in a rush-hour shootout when the truck became stuck in traffic on the busy parkway. Joan Murray, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026 The parkway is open in Asheville from the Folk Art Center, milepost 382, to Highway 25 (Hendersonville Road), milepost 388.8. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2026 Many portions of the parkway are closed at least through January 26. Owen Clarke, Outside, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for parkway
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Noun
  • Amboy fell on hard times after the faster interstate funneled traffic away from the desert outpost.
    Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Drivers were cautioned about significant delays in the area, especially approaching Slaughter Lane, as vehicles merge onto the service road and try to re-enter the interstate farther north.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • If Lake Powell’s level declines to a point that water can only pass through four 8-foot-wide bypass tubes, that would limit how much can reach California, Arizona and Nevada.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • When only one of the two pumps engaged its emergency bypass amid the outage, flows were drastically cut, killing as many as thousands of young Chinook salmon.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • When Mayor Jerry moves forward with the construction of a beltway that will destroy the glade where Mabel learned to calm her nervous system and love nature with her wise grandmother (Karen Huie), this riot grrl skates into action.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Temperatures may dip below 10° outside of the beltway and low to mid-teens across the immediate metro.
    Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • First is an eight-lane superhighway, designed exclusively for massive traffic.
    Judy Stecker, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Whether from land or sea, visitors can witness what is essentially a whale-migration superhighway.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Then last year came the discovery of Rancho Izaguirre, just 45 minutes down the highway, where bone fragments, clothing and other evidence indicated the cartel had been disposing of bodies.
    Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The traffic on the M1 motorway had come to a total standstill.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 14 Feb. 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, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The state could build a high-speed autobahn for a fraction of the cost to move residents from the southern half of the state to the northern half and vice versa.
    John Moorlach, Oc Register, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The final drive day sees guests back on the autobahn and up into the incredible views afforded along German Alpine Road.
    Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At first glance, the hotel’s facade looks like any other sleek office block on this leafy boulevard in Songshan—polished glass, lots of steel, and unlikely to win any prizes for its exterior looks.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
  • City rules call for certain design standards at the site given its location off two boulevards, Linwood and Gillham.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2026

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“Parkway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parkway. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.

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