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as in highways
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
I think we should take one of the less congested roads
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Recent Examples of roads
Red and white English flags have proliferated along streets and been painted on roads.
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Vitalii Yalahuzian, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The same is true of the Wildcats, an undefeated work-in-progress playing with nothing to lose and all roads open.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
The occupiers tore down fences, carved new roads on the reserve and posted armed guards during their 41-day occupation, former Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker wrote at the time.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
For those eager to venture farther, the picturesque village of Limone sul Garda is an easy 30-minute drive along scenic lakeside roads.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
How to check online The Michigan Department of Transportation maintains a website showing all construction, closures and other information for in-state roads.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Vitalii Yalahuzian, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The same is true of the Wildcats, an undefeated work-in-progress playing with nothing to lose and all roads open.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
The occupiers tore down fences, carved new roads on the reserve and posted armed guards during their 41-day occupation, former Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker wrote at the time.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025
For those eager to venture farther, the picturesque village of Limone sul Garda is an easy 30-minute drive along scenic lakeside roads.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
How to check online The Michigan Department of Transportation maintains a website showing all construction, closures and other information for in-state roads.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roads
Noun
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On highways and surface roads in the rural countryside west of Detroit, the 2025 Ford Explorer was smooth and quiet, with plenty of power for highway acceleration.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Speaking at Morgan Stanley’s Laguna Conference on Wednesday, Vena pointed to new partnerships between other major North American railroads that have been forged in the wake of the UP-NS mega-merger as an indicator that competition is firmly heating up.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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Their grip is not on steel and railroads, but information, which has the capacity to change human existence in fundamental ways.—
Jamie Merisotis,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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What’s most inspiring about these showings of texture on the streets of New York fashion week is that more times than not, Black women are not widely embraced in all of their glory to live in their textures during these occasions.—
Essence,
Essence,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Daxing International Airport is also conveniently connected directly to China’s high-speed railways as well as local Beijing trains, making access to the airport easy.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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So Xinjiang launched an ambitious initiative to fuse data from all available sources, including banks, railways, and phone companies, into a central database.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Residents have told the Riverworks Development Corporation that many trucks use neighborhood roads instead of sticking to West Vienna Avenue and North Third Street, which are the two thoroughfares bordering the warehouse.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The main thoroughfares, Bridge Street and Castlebar Street, are lined with homegrown shops, cafés, and pubs situated in historic buildings.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The latter riffs mythopoetically on the region’s aerospace industry, and the former features an anthropology of our freeways any native Angeleno could get behind.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The issue also clogged Bay Area freeways, where bumper-to-bumper traffic jammed up Interstates 80, 880 and 580 and Highways 13 and 24 more than usual for a Friday.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Crews will also maintain safe travel routes to support twice-daily fuel convoys to the Wishon hydroelectric station.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Already, the agency has added new public education messaging inside buses and along routes, transit officials said.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Roads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roads. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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