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The Ludovico Technique The film opens in medias res, following Alex DeLarge and his fellow droogs on a night out on the town from their milk shop to an underpass painted in haunting blue light.
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Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
The work was completed in partnership with Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture, and included building a two-lane underpass with a pedestrian pathway.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
The underpass has also been there for years but mostly ignored.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The truck could not make it under a nearby underpass and had to be routed an extra mile out of the way with congregants following on foot.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
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Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
The work was completed in partnership with Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture, and included building a two-lane underpass with a pedestrian pathway.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
The underpass has also been there for years but mostly ignored.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The truck could not make it under a nearby underpass and had to be routed an extra mile out of the way with congregants following on foot.
—Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpass
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Handcuffed and chained, the inmates were loaded onto rescue boats and taken to a highway overpass.—
Sarah Handel,
NPR,
5 Aug. 2025
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The goal is to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions with such big game as elk, pronghorn and mule deer by creating a six-lane-wide overpass.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Pending final Gaming Board approval, the new $185 million Hollywood Casino Joliet is planning to open its doors Monday in the Rock Run Collection, a sprawling 310-acre mixed-use development taking shape next to the busy Interstate 80 and Interstate 55 interchange.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Are there other diverging diamond interchanges in Wisconsin? WisDOT has constructed several DDIs at highway interchanges across the state.—
Liliana Fannin,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Underpass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpass. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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