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
  • The picture itself features a beautiful young woman, wearing a dress and smoking a cigarette, next to two men sitting at a table which has multiple pints of beer, on a side street which has multiple tables of people eating and drinking outdoors.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Caffè Monte Baldo Located on a quiet side street, this historic wine bar has a vast selection of cicchetti (Venetian tapas) to pair with wines by the glass or bottle.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 22 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
  • Maybe they're just done pretending that corporate loyalty is a two-way street.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • Officers had been dispatched about four minutes earlier after a 911 caller reported a man waving a handgun in the street and pointing it at people near the 200 block of North B Street.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The match concluded a wild road trip that saw Sporting play three road matches in eight days.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
  • Clark helped the Fever snap a seven-year playoff drought as Indiana shattered league records for home attendance, road attendance and total attendance.
    Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025

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“Side road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/side%20road. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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