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shunpikes

noun

plural of shunpike

as in secondary roads

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The Basij run a nationwide network of volunteers who maintain a presence in the streets, government offices and cultural centers, seeking to ensure loyalty and ideological purity for Iran’s theocracy.

— Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
This location is more residential, with quieter streets and approachable local trattorias, but offers several architecturally significant palaces and one of the city's oldest churches, the 11th-century San Zan Degola.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of streets

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Tri-County acknowledged issues with tree branches touching power lines and committed additional resources for tree trimming and system inspections, while local businesses reported lost revenue from outages that often last one to two hours.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
In addition, the parliamentarian refers to the appropriate committee legislation from the other chamber, communications from other branches of government and state and local governments, and petitions from private citizens.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of branches

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Key Biscayne The Village of Key Biscayne strictly prohibits all micromobility devices on streets, highways, sidewalks, bicycle paths, multiuse paths and trails, beaches and dunes unless otherwise authorized.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Two men were sentenced Thursday for staging crashes on New York City highways to get fraudulent insurance payouts.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of highways

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The company and the team will also organize school supply drives, holiday events, youth camps, and football clinics throughout the year.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026
The Panthers also kept the first-team out of the end zone in one of their two drives that started in the red zone.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of drives

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For Pittsburghers, the project targets one of the city's most recognizable and heavily traveled roadways.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
The nature of the structure — with roadways cantilevered out under the Brooklyn Heights Promenade — precludes replacing one lane at a time, city officials told reporters last week.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of roadways

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Nepal’s Department of Roads says at least 19 motorable bridges and around 40 kilometers of roads have also been damaged or washed away.

— Milad Haghani, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
Rescue efforts, still in their first stages, have been hampered by the fact that the floodwaters have washed away entire roads.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of roads

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Inside, rows of in-house brand American Hat Company (manufactured in Bowie) line the walls, and customers queue up for sessions with its team of experienced shapers.

— Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Videos show crowds trying to flee a surging wall of mud, rows of buses and trucks swept aside like toys, and bridges cracked apart and swept away.

— Josh Feldman, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

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