side road

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Recent Examples of side road The truck turned east off the highway onto a side road and was eventually pulled over by a deputy at the end of East Pine Street. Max Silverson, Idaho Statesman, 14 Feb. 2025 While sunlight melted snow in some areas on Wednesday, some school districts noted rural and side roads were still ice- and slush-covered in their announcements. Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for side road
Recent Examples of Synonyms for side road
Noun
  • Each plow maintains between 14 and 17 miles of side streets, a city representative said.
    Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • On a quiet side street off the Pigalle main drag, far from the fashion week crowds and tourists alike, Stephane Ashpool is writing the next chapter in his fashion story with Souvenir Pigalle.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Although the current forecast is not expected to cause major travel impacts, secondary roads and overpasses will likely be impacted across Middle Tennessee Monday evening and into the night, said the weather service.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Jan. 2025
  • 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
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
  • The numbers, which were obtained through a public records lawsuit and released by the Deportation Data Project at the University of California Berkeley, give the first real glimpse of how Trump's immigration enforcement policy is playing out in the streets.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 1 July 2025
  • The second thing was to return to the car culture, to the street racing.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said most remaining rescues are being attempted at camp sites, but they are isolated because of road damage.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 5 July 2025
  • The northernmost portion of the path cuts through Macken Park before moving to the road as the park ends at Clark Ferguson Drive.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2025

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“Side road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20road. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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