side road

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Recent Examples of side road The side roads are not being paid attention to, with the city and the state concentrating most of their attention on the larger roads. Dale Ellis, arkansasonline.com, 10 Jan. 2025 On a side road, where hundreds of attendees parked their cars, a Tesla cybertruck sported two Trump flags on the back. Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024 Near the Tennessee state line, crews were finally starting to reach side roads after clearing the main roads winding through switchbacks, but that brought a new set of challenges. Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024 The main highway was only built a few years ago, and most of the side roads are still unpaved, giving the region a rustic feel. Marianne Perez-Fransius, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for side road
Recent Examples of Synonyms for side road
Noun
  • On side streets, getting from my apartment to hers could take up to an hour or longer in traffic.
    May Wilkerson, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • Parking will be available on side streets only, and short-term lane closures on Arcade Street between Wheelock Parkway and Maryland Avenue are likely.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Parker said most highways are in decent shape, and road crews will focus on frontage and secondary roads.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Getting Around Oslo With high road tolls and expensive, hard-to-find parking, driving in Oslo can quickly become a hassle, putting a damper on your weekend.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • In one video, officers were seen throwing smoke bombs and flash bangs onto the street to get people to disperse, so the authorities could drive away in vans, SUVs and military-style vehicles.
    Greg Wehner , Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
  • Like the old streets in so many cities, which were meant to bring out the history, turned out to be repetitions everywhere.
    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Panahi was last in the Cannes Competition with 3 Faces in 2019, a political road movie starring Iranian star Behnaz Jafari.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 May 2025
  • There are also four Nation Forest System roads that are impacted by the fire that need to be assessed for hazards.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025

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“Side road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20road. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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