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Fort Worth homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found beneath an underpass Thursday, officials with the Fort Worth Police Department said.
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
Although the new overpass is mainly meant for larger animals it will likely be used by other wildlife as has been the case with Colorado’s wildlife underpasses.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The tragedy of homelessness can never be long out of mind here in California, where tents line sidewalks and freeway underpasses and lost street-corner souls rant at God knows what.
—James Rainey
follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
But ecologists say this problem has a simple yet highly effective solution: wildlife underpasses.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
Although the new overpass is mainly meant for larger animals it will likely be used by other wildlife as has been the case with Colorado’s wildlife underpasses.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The tragedy of homelessness can never be long out of mind here in California, where tents line sidewalks and freeway underpasses and lost street-corner souls rant at God knows what.
—James Rainey
follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
But ecologists say this problem has a simple yet highly effective solution: wildlife underpasses.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpass
Noun
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The suspects then ran westbound on Alum Rock Avenue over the Highway 101 overpass and continued northbound on North 27th Street through a fast-food eatery parking lot.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is a coordinated action to drop banners and signs from highway overpass bridges across the state while many travel the roads for the long weekend, according to an event flyer.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Due to Visa and Mastercard’s interchange rules, credit card transactions carry higher fees for merchants.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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One of two exit ramp lanes at the Interstate 24 interchange at Exit 81 near South Church Street as the westbound off ramps will be lengthened and widened, according to TDOT.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Underpass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpass. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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