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ring road

noun

Definition of ring road

chiefly British

as in bypass

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Recent Examples of ring road The stadium, situated on the city’s ring road, is a throwback to a less refined age in English football, with a facade that blends barbed wire and concrete in a way that has changed little since the days when Savile ruled the UK’s airwaves. — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 Two sites inside of what had been the mall’s ring road are under consideration for the station, according to village documents. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026 The 58-acre site and its 15-acre ring road are expected to be listed for sale in early 2026. — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025 Indeed, while many visitors like to take in the otherworldly sights of this mystical country by driving its ring road, the best, and easily most relaxing way, is to explore everything Iceland has to offer by sea. — Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ring road

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Noun

Iran’s proxies in Yemen have threatened to cut off a major bypass of the Strait of Hormuz, through which oil tanker traffic has slowed dramatically in recent days.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Nearly three years later, the pioneers behind the double neural bypass have offered updates on their findings and Thomas’ progress.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

Definition of bypass

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The parkway is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2026, triumphantly welcoming guests back to many sections of the scenic and historic drive following the devastation of Hurricane Helene in 2024.

— Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 28 July 2026
As Mike was driving home, his father called to say a car accident shut down the parkway.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of parkway

Noun

Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads.

— The Economist, The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.

— Fox News, Fox News, 16 July 2018

Definition of dual carriageway

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Over 85% of federal employees live outside of the Washington, DC, beltway, with states like Florida, Texas and California hubs for more than 100,000 workers each, government data shows.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
And that car then made a corner and slammed into a concrete jersey barrier on the beltway.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026

Definition of beltway

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In addition to the ramps and bridge over I-91, RiverLink also would stretch west from Market Street, along Pleasant Street — past the ballpark — and across Main Street.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
The full scope of the Main Street redevelopment effort is expected to take over 20 years to materialize, due to a significant number of properties needing to be purchased and redeveloped by the Village, per previous reports.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of Main Street

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The Georgia Department of Transportation has planned back-to-back closures this weekend and next on different sections of the busy Atlanta interstate, requiring detours and causing significant delays.

— Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Coming up next, the bridges will be finished with the end goal of putting all of the entering and exiting traffic of I-79 through a single intersection on the west side of the interstate, and eliminating the existing intersection on the east side.

— John Shumway, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of interstate

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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
Mycorrhizal fungi direct traffic through nutrient superhighways and restructure the soil to support life across entire ecosystems.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of superhighway

Noun

Reuters — An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former Atlantia CEO Giovanni ‌Castellucci to 12 years in prison over the deadly 2018 collapse of a motorway bridge in the northwestern port city of Genoa.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The house is at the Windsor Road-edge of the historic Bray Studios, tucked between the River Thames and a section of the A308 motorway, in the hamlet of Water Oakley.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

Definition of motorway

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