ring roads

plural of ring road, chiefly British

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Noun
  • On Monday, Inyo County and Mono County Search and Rescue members hiked seven miles to the base of the switchbacks and confirmed the fatality, but inclement weather again prevented the rescue team from carrying the hiker’s body off the mountain.
    Mary Beth “Mouse” Skylis, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Within half a mile, my longtime friend Danny Sadleir and I were pushing our bikes up the rocky switchbacks leading away from the trail’s northern terminus at the Utah border to make our way south up Buckskin Mountain toward the Kaibab Plateau.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Waymo has already mapped out portions of San Diego roads and highways and Nalavade said as early as next week, passersby may see a fleet of all-electric Zeekr RT minivans on area streets, further testing and assessing Waymo software.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Los Angeles — Thousands of fans lined the streets of downtown Los Angeles for a second year in a row to celebrate another Dodgers’ World Series victory.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Ring roads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ring%20roads. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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