side road

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Recent Examples of side road Troopers later located the BMW on the side roads in Fairfield and were able to follow the vehicle from a distance. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025 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 Many side roads in Louisville remain slick in the aftermath of two snow storms last week. Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for side road
Recent Examples of Synonyms for side road
Noun
  • Where to stay On a quiet side street in the Latin Quarter, near the Jardin des Plantes and a 30-minute stroll from the catacombs is the Le Jardin de Verre by Locke, which opened in March 2025.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Her home in a pre-World War II building on a leafy Berlin side street has a bohemian, somewhat temporary air.
    New York Times, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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
  • And Microsoft embraced neutrality after heavy unionA Since the NLRB will be weak for quite a while but a new study by The Center for Work And Democracy at Arizona State University identifies workers can influence a high road economy that go beyond traditional collective bargaining.
    Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But the former president didn’t stay on that high road for long.
    Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • During the riots, Hamida witnesses a girl paraded naked on the streets.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • City officials estimated the revenue from Disney parks attendance and parking would generate $108 million to $164 million annually toward the city’s day-to-day operations, such as providing police and fire services, operating libraries and maintaining city streets.
    Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For the filmmakers working in the region over the past two years, it’s been a long, arduous road to reach audiences, as the war impacted their physical productions and made potential distributors wary of facing political backlash for releasing their films.
    Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Gripen fighters have the reputation of being relatively cheap and easy to maintain and arm, and able to operate in austere conditions – using roads or even dirt roads for runways.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Side road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20road. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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