road rage

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Recent Examples of road rage The shooting was initially believed to have been motivated by road rage, but investigators determined the gunman had been in a relationship with the victim, police said. Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025 The man killed Tuesday in a Douglas County road rage shooting had exited his car and was reaching into the suspect’s vehicle, allegedly punching him, when he was shot, according to court records. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025 Only 11% of drivers in the study admitted to violent road rage behaviors in the last year, such as bumping other cars on purpose or confronting other drivers. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025 One road rage instance left a Dearborn Heights teen dead earlier this year. Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for road rage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for road rage
Noun
  • But tackling air rage requires more than just slogans.
    Milad Haghani, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
  • Airlines have had plenty of warnings, from the drunken passenger who defecated on a meal cart to the epidemic of air rage during the pandemic.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • The care and keeping of others—my partners, my friends, my pets, eventually my children?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • There are even picks for pets, plus Wicked, Frozen, Harry Potter, and The Nightmare Before Christmas calendars that bring a touch of holiday magic to December.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Highly active world Enceladus is a highly active world, with a global, salty sub-surface ocean, believed to be the source of its heat.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But like the plants and animals facing new heat and drought challenges at the edge of a northward-shifting Sonoran Desert, sometimes things work in one configuration until conditions change just a little too much.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • When a conversation is heading in a negative direction, the goal should be to defuse tempers, not inflame.
    Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Southern windows work for varieties that prefer full sun, and can work for part-sun-loving plants with the addition of sheer curtains or blinds to temper the light.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Featuring three layers of high-density memory foam, the slippers also provide support that’s comfortable enough for all-day wear—not just warmth.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Despite its lightweight feel, the crew neckline and long sleeves provide cozy warmth, especially when buttoned up over a tank top or T-shirt.
    Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Grainier falls for Gladys hard, and their subsequent relationship passes by in a delirium of broad strokes, unfolding moment by moment — throughout the film, time seems to exist outside the frame, which is usually tight and very intimately focused.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Drums, dancing, delirium—and a sense of discovery that, for my money, was far more valuable than gold.
    David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Activists there leveraged this wholly unanticipated outcome to accelerate the rise of an organized antislavery campaign after 1783.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But, amid the rise of the penny press in the 1830s, publishers sought to bring news to the masses.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Road rage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/road%20rage. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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