side road

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Recent Examples of side road Are Shelby County Public Schools closed Dec. 15? Shelby County Public Schools announced Dec. 15 will be a nontraditional instruction day because of morning temperatures and side roads that remain snow-covered, according to a Facebook post. Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Dec. 2025 The permits merely involve the construction of some fencing along a side road at the former Oakland Army Base, where developer Phil Tagami’s harbor terminal is planned to be built. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2025 However, side roads and secondary roads are still partially or fully covered, Ewing said. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Dec. 2025 Meanwhile, as Bunny is on his way to the scene of the accident, a mysterious vehicle forces his driver, Lamar (Zuri James), down a side road, into a hail of bullets from masked gunmen. Noel Murray, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for side road
Recent Examples of Synonyms for side road
Noun
  • Tiny and in demand Behind an unmarked door on a Lisbon side street, a tiny hole-in-the-wall chicken shop is attracting a daily stream of Chinese tourists who’ve traveled thousands of miles to visit.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The variance was needed because the addition will be only 3 feet from a side street off South Calumet Road.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Thousands of miles of secondary roads are still paved this way today.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 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
  • In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive to Lick Mill Boulevard.
    Noe Padilla, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Magen David Adom, Israel's rescue service, released video showing a large crater in a street and shrapnel damage to an apartment building.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
  • At the spring 2026 collections last September and October, runway fantasies like bows and face paint seeped right off the runways and into the streets.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Chancellor Gordon Brown reacted by cutting duty on ultra-low sulphur petrol, freezing duty on other grades of motor fuel, putting more vehicles into the lowest vehicle excise duty band — a tax cut for most lorries — and taxing foreign truckers using British roads.
    Ian King, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The road is closed from exit 1A to I-35 North in Overland Park.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026

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“Side road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20road. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.

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