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Recent Examples of ring road
People were living in deep poverty right there in Oxford, on the ring road and in the outer suburbs, beyond the university.
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Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Down the Martin Luther ring road, around Leipzig’s cubic, porphyry-bricked church, Turks draped in flags processed towards the RB Arena.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 2 July 2024
Guo and Cui have lived in Beijing all their lives and have barely travelled outside of the second ring road, a rectangular beltway built in the 1980s around central Beijing, with an area roughly equivalent to the size of the old city.
—Qiang Xiaoji, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2015
Judge Alexander Milne has also barred the three Just Stop Oil activists from taking part in any protest action within the M25, the major ring road in London.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Down the Martin Luther ring road, around Leipzig’s cubic, porphyry-bricked church, Turks draped in flags processed towards the RB Arena.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 2 July 2024
Guo and Cui have lived in Beijing all their lives and have barely travelled outside of the second ring road, a rectangular beltway built in the 1980s around central Beijing, with an area roughly equivalent to the size of the old city.
—Qiang Xiaoji, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2015
Judge Alexander Milne has also barred the three Just Stop Oil activists from taking part in any protest action within the M25, the major ring road in London.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ring road
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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
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This enables them to: 1) bypass patents, 2) serve during shortages, and 3) personalize formulations.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Meadows of Dan also lays claim to one of the most photographed spots on the parkway (the historic Mabry Mill), an old-fashioned candy factory, and several endearing places to grab something to eat—including Primitive Coffee Market, Jane’s Country Cafe, and Poor Farmers Market.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2025
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Named after the blue color released by the trees into the atmosphere surrounding the Appalachian Mountains, the parkway snakes across 469 miles to connect the Great Smoky Mountains with Shenandoah and travelers to more than 369 miles of hiking trails.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
11 June 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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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
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Some major beltway business groups cheered Zeldin's announcement.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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His father worked at and later owned the funeral home that was across from the entrance off Main Street to Spring Grove.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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Historic shops, one-of-a-kind boutiques, and art galleries line Saluda’s Main Street.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
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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
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The vehicle had gone off the interstate and into a field between Westinghouse Drive and the Texas Crushed Stone business, Banks said.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“Ring road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ring%20road. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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