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Family, friends and spectators line the embankments, looking down from pedestrian bridges and the underpasses, holding up signs and cheering.
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
The primary entrance would be at the northern Highland Drive terminus south of Lake Drive, and a secondary entrance would be at the southern terminus near the I-43 underpass.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The flooding also hit Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, where runways, taxiways and an underpass tunnel were flooded, the weather service said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Fort Worth homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found beneath an underpass Thursday, officials with the Fort Worth Police Department said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
The primary entrance would be at the northern Highland Drive terminus south of Lake Drive, and a secondary entrance would be at the southern terminus near the I-43 underpass.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The flooding also hit Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, where runways, taxiways and an underpass tunnel were flooded, the weather service said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Fort Worth homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found beneath an underpass Thursday, officials with the Fort Worth Police Department said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpass
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Several government vehicles were damaged, and a federal contract employee was injured as a rock went through and objects, including objects on fire from an overpass on her vehicle window, shattering the glass and striking her, Essayli said.—
Louis Casiano , Matt Finn,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Based on the level of decomposition, officials estimated she had been dumped from the overpass at least a month earlier, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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In addition to the expansion from six to eight lanes, the reconstructed highway will turn the Stadium Interchange into a diverging diamond interchange.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Commuting into Phoenix can be a pain, but a new freeway interchange project aims to ease the switch between Interstate 10 and Loop 101 in the West Valley.—
Lauren De Young,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Underpass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpass. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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