ring road

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ring road The birthday festivities include a wide range of events, from neighborhood festivals, the closure of the A10 ring road and a grand parade of tall ships culminating in a big party on the actual anniversary date of October 27, 2025. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025 In addition to passing through different parts of the city, the route led them through suburban regions within London's M25 ring road. New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2025 The London Orbital Motorway, or the M25, is a vast ring road that runs in a shaggy circle around the outer edges of the capital. Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025 Projects include installing additional 50-amp outlets to the inner ring road, security lighting, and 50-amp outlets to the east parking lot and to the area west of the grandstand. ATTORNEY: Approved a resolution to hire Thomas Borgen as assistant McLeod County attorney. Janean Sorrell, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ring road
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ring road
Noun
  • That would give them the security to get forward and combine with an advanced midfielder or winger, helping Liverpool bypass opposition players.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • More advanced intrusions bypass sensors completely and target a drone’s internal systems through malware.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jeremy Poore, 49, of Old Fort co-runs Mountaintop Shuttle, a shuttle business that relies on a portion of the parkway that remains closed.
    Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Along with picking up trash, the foundation invited volunteers to pull invasive plants, repaint picnic tables and remove unsightly graffiti to conserve the parkway for everyone to enjoy.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
  • Participants in the Peoples Convoy of truckers protesting pandemic restrictions drive the beltway around Washington near Cabin John, Maryland, on March 6, 2022.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The Park City pop-up will be a collaboration with We Norwegians on Main Street.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Traffic changes to Louisville's Main Street are already underway as crews continue to reconfigure the roadway through the spring of 2026.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The relative then spied a dead dog on an interstate nearby, and assumed the canine was Randy since both dogs had the same shading.
    TJ Macias, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Detroit Tigers head to Seattle in the other AL matchup, and the Chicago Cubs travel 90 miles up the interstate to Milwaukee in the NL, with all of the Division Series opening on Saturday.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That is a critical step for Korea’s plan to build an energy superhighway to carry renewables across the nation.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Don't let your investment in a state-of-the-art superhighway be compromised by an inability to see the traffic.
    Serge Lucio, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The northern part of the island was at a standstill, schools closed, traffic snailing down the motorway.
    Ariel Saramandi, The Dial, 29 July 2025
  • Police found Alia's head and the axe in a bag in her car, which Jesse R. was driving when arrested on the A4 motorway, according to the NL Times news site.
    Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025

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“Ring road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ring%20road. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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