parkway

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Recent Examples of parkway The incident was reported at 3:44 p.m. on the southbound side of the parkway in the area of Exit 52, according to Connecticut State Police. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025 The parkway is a two-lane winding road that covers 469 miles through the Appalachian Highlands of Virginia and North Carolina. Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2025 Since then, the parkway has become an integral part of the mountains and the Appalachian communities that lie along its 460-mile route, as well as a gateway to the region’s culture and history. Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025 The parkway about 35 miles south of downtown Nashville in the city of Murfreesboro, a booming town home to Middle Tennessee State University, the largest undergraduate university in The Volunteer State. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for parkway
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Noun
  • Regardless, Pawlicki thinks that small, cheap interventions must inform solutions for how to improve quality of life in near-downtown neighborhoods severed by interstates 50 years ago.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 4 July 2025
  • These three phases include the pump station installation, railroad bridge replacements and the interstate widening between Regina Graeter Way and Ohio 126/Galbraith Road.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Although all the fashion buys might have captured your attention—don’t bypass the amazing activewear Prime Day deals.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 11 July 2025
  • This enables them to: 1) bypass patents, 2) serve during shortages, and 3) personalize formulations.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Over time, her responsibilities grew: in 2001, she was asked to oversee AMLO’s marquee project, a four-hundred-million-dollar renovation of Mexico City’s beltway.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Some major beltway business groups cheered Zeldin's announcement.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Obama doesn't get nearly enough flack for the NATO bombing campaign in Libya, one of the most short-sighted and memory-holed American military actions in history that had the twofer effect of destroying that entire country while also opening up a superhighway of mass immigration into Europe.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • This 65-mile stretch of roadway not only slashes driving time from eight hours to less than three but the new superhighway also opens access to previously remote towns in the interior, like San Pablo Coatlán and Santa María Colotepec.
    Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The project aims to open the new highway crossing by 2032.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
  • The highway in the area has been washed away, the outlet also reported.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Officials from the Canton of Solothurn said the walker noticed the brick fragments and stones near the motorway bridge along the A1 motorway in Luterbach, according to a May 20 Facebook post.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
  • My week consists of going to and from dog parks via motorways and B-roads after working hours.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Beer plays Laura, a piano student at a music academy in Berlin, first seen in the opening shots on an autobahn overpass looking down at a river.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
  • During my test driving, which comprised about 45 miles, in a variety of modes and at a variety of speeds including close to 100mph on a German autobahn, the car achieved close to 3 miles per kWh.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Obama has had several avenues (in Florida, Illinois, Mississippi and Ohio) and boulevards (in California, Florida, Georgia and Missouri) named after him.
    Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • La Vista was one of dozens of hotels built along Colfax from the 1930s through the 1960s, when the 27-mile boulevard — also a highway called U.S. 40 — was the gateway for tourists heading to the mountains.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 8 July 2025

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