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Recent Examples of ring road
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.
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Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
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
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Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 7 Aug. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ring road
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On Wednesday, Folsom spokesperson Christine Brainerd said the city believes the settlement was the most responsible way to bring the lawsuit to an end, avoid further expenses and bypass uncertainty brought by further litigation.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Work continued Friday on a water main break that forced the closure of lanes in both directions of a busy commute bypass road Thursday, authorities said.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Trump says about $2,000 tariff dividend checks 🛣️ This parkway has existed for over 10,000 years.—
Will Richmond,
The Providence Journal,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Elantra went on to hit three parked cars, while the squad car was pushed onto the parkway and sidewalk and hit a tree, police said.—
Kris Habermehl,
CBS News,
29 Dec. 2025
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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
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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
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Currently, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is undertaking a 38-mile construction project on I-695, aimed at reducing peak periods of traffic congestion along the beltway by adding a part-time shoulder use (PTSU).—
Andrew Adeolu,
CBS News,
21 Dec. 2025
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In recent days, as Netflix became an increasingly serious contender to take over the storied, century-old studio home to the The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, and The Lord of the Rings, the service faced pushback both within Hollywood’s 30-mile zone and inside the Washington beltway.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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Tate died in 2012, Ginsburg moved to Washington State in 2021 to become the executive director and artistic director at Field Arts & Events Hall, and Rosenblatt teaches theater at Connecticut State Community College’s Capital campus on Main Street in Hartford.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2026
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The IndieWire Studio is returning to the Sundance Film Festival for its 2026 edition, once again bringing the biggest names and rising stars together on Main Street for a series of must-see conversations.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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The agents eventually drove onto the interstate without detaining the driver.—
Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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Wenzel, who was traveling west, came to a stop on the northbound side of the interstate, when two cars were unable to avoid him and crashed into his car.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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But it was actually set in motion a year ago, when the Midcontinent Independent System Operator – the power grid operator for the central United States – approved a suite of projects to build a transmission superhighway across the upper Midwest.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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The team said the quantity and pattern of tracks - and the fact they were all found in the same sediment layer - suggest that dinosaurs didn't settle in what is now Bolivia as much as trudge along an ancient coastal superhighway stretching from southern Peru into northwest Argentina.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
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Leeds United’s home, nestled by the side of the M621 motorway around the edges of the city, looks tired in places.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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The motorway was originally built by Southern California Edison to install electrical towers, Green said.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Ring road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ring%20road. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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