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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

Attackers first exploited an admin authentication bypass to gain access, then used a separate SQL injection flaw to steal credentials and finally leveraged two additional issues to achieve remote code execution and plant a persistent web shell.

— Rohit Dhamankar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The canals and the first phase of Panther Island development can proceed independently of the bypass channel, according to that TRWD document.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of bypass

Noun

The design also appears to eliminate Ohio Drive (the scenic parkway that loops around Hains Point), a grove of cherry trees and a historical miniature golf course.

— Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026
Also, earlier this week, Arlington Garden staffers celebrated 18 years since the construction of a parkway swale along Arlington Drive that helps prevent runoff into the street.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 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

Noun

Ryle recommends taking the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana beltway to avoid delays.

— Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of beltway

Noun

Please also recognize the impact and toll on our students and community members who were on Main Street last night and witnessed this violence.

— Eric Mack , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
One stretch of the city’s Main Street was closed for several hours after the shooting.

— John Raby, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of Main Street

Noun

The Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office says the closure was due to an erratic driver, and the interstate was closed at mile marker 243, east of the Veterans Memorial Tunnel by Idaho Springs.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2026
The rider hit the acceleration, which threw the woman off the motorcycle, landing in the center lane of the interstate in the direct path of 2023 semi driven by a 40-year-old Orlando man.

— Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of interstate

Noun

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

And, of course, there won’t be many people who want to defend someone in that position — or, indeed, listen to any hard-luck stories — now the details have been outlined in court about his motorway rampage.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Germany and Italy expanded motorway networks—the Autobahn and the autostrada—laying the foundations for the automobile’s privileged position in this modernity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of motorway

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