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as in highways
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
I think we should take one of the less congested roads
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Recent Examples of roads
Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The park itself is open year-round, though some roads and trails close in the winter due to weather.
—Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Flash flooding occurred in other parts of the Southwest as the heaviest downpours dropped 1 to 2 inches of rain in around an hour for some spots, causing some roads to be washed out and anything in the way of rushing floodwaters to be swept away.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2025
Heading toward the small Indiana town of Borden, the roads seem to turn narrower, and the trees seem to really want to glow in orange and yellow.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
It would be accompanied by state audits into how spendthrift local governments overcharge for roads, school construction and parks.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Paint houses, pick up trash, pave our crappy roads, mentor other youths, clean up graffiti, plant flowers, join the National Guard or the Foreign Service.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Red and white English flags have proliferated along streets and been painted on roads.
—Vitalii Yalahuzian, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The park itself is open year-round, though some roads and trails close in the winter due to weather.
—Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Flash flooding occurred in other parts of the Southwest as the heaviest downpours dropped 1 to 2 inches of rain in around an hour for some spots, causing some roads to be washed out and anything in the way of rushing floodwaters to be swept away.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2025
Heading toward the small Indiana town of Borden, the roads seem to turn narrower, and the trees seem to really want to glow in orange and yellow.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
It would be accompanied by state audits into how spendthrift local governments overcharge for roads, school construction and parks.
—Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Paint houses, pick up trash, pave our crappy roads, mentor other youths, clean up graffiti, plant flowers, join the National Guard or the Foreign Service.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Red and white English flags have proliferated along streets and been painted on roads.
—Vitalii Yalahuzian, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roads
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Like highways before them, these assets require major upfront investment, deliver stable cash flows over decades, and serve as essential enablers of growth.—
Maurice Obeid,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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Speaking at Morgan Stanley’s Laguna Conference on Wednesday, Vena pointed to new partnerships between other major North American railroads that have been forged in the wake of the UP-NS mega-merger as an indicator that competition is firmly heating up.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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Their grip is not on steel and railroads, but information, which has the capacity to change human existence in fundamental ways.—
Jamie Merisotis,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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What’s most inspiring about these showings of texture on the streets of New York fashion week is that more times than not, Black women are not widely embraced in all of their glory to live in their textures during these occasions.—
Essence,
Essence,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is the 5G-era replacement for GSM-R – the dedicated mobile network railways use for train control and operations.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Daxing International Airport is also conveniently connected directly to China’s high-speed railways as well as local Beijing trains, making access to the airport easy.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Residents have told the Riverworks Development Corporation that many trucks use neighborhood roads instead of sticking to West Vienna Avenue and North Third Street, which are the two thoroughfares bordering the warehouse.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The main thoroughfares, Bridge Street and Castlebar Street, are lined with homegrown shops, cafés, and pubs situated in historic buildings.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Waymos have been driving freeways with no safety driver for some time now, but service is limited to Alphabet employees and empty vehicles.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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However, at the time the area was rapidly changing as new homes were built and freeways constructed.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Crews will also maintain safe travel routes to support twice-daily fuel convoys to the Wishon hydroelectric station.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Already, the agency has added new public education messaging inside buses and along routes, transit officials said.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Roads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roads. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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