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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
In Spain's southern Andalusia region, close to 4,000 people evacuated their homes as a result of the ongoing storm, and dozens of roads remained closed because of flooding and landslides.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
The battery technology, aiming to hit public roads by mid-2026, could significantly reduce fire risks while improving performance in extreme heat and cold.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026
In fast-growing places like Lake County, planning is the difference between growth that respects our natural resources, agricultural economy, and the Florida Wildlife Corridor — and growth that treats roads as an afterthought and waterways as someone else’s problem.
—Sean Parks, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Other footage showed bulldozers being used to clear roads and restore access to the isolated community.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Both lanes of County Highway I between Pleasant Valley and Cedar Creek roads were closed for several hours while a crash reconstruction was conducted.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Feb. 2026
In Baltimore, residents said plowing has been inconsistent on some roads.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Very cold air already in place will allow snow to accumulate quickly across the region, sticking to roads, bridges and untreated surfaces with little melting.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
The battery technology, aiming to hit public roads by mid-2026, could significantly reduce fire risks while improving performance in extreme heat and cold.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026
In fast-growing places like Lake County, planning is the difference between growth that respects our natural resources, agricultural economy, and the Florida Wildlife Corridor — and growth that treats roads as an afterthought and waterways as someone else’s problem.
—Sean Parks, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Other footage showed bulldozers being used to clear roads and restore access to the isolated community.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Both lanes of County Highway I between Pleasant Valley and Cedar Creek roads were closed for several hours while a crash reconstruction was conducted.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Feb. 2026
In Baltimore, residents said plowing has been inconsistent on some roads.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Very cold air already in place will allow snow to accumulate quickly across the region, sticking to roads, bridges and untreated surfaces with little melting.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roads
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Immigration enforcement efforts in Oklahoma also have focused heavily on apprehending commercial truckers driving on interstate highways.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
10 Feb. 2026
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This would be like adding streets and highways to the city neighborhoods.—
Amber Dance,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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These were modern inventions made possible by the introduction of railroads to transport prisoners long distances from battlefields, and by the growth of administrative and organizational structures required to manage not just mass armies but hundreds of thousands of prisoners.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Train Dreams, based on a novella by Denis Johnson, follows his key character one Robert Grainier, played brilliantly by Edgerton, a lumberman who felled timber for railroads at the turn of the 20th century.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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While Olympians in Milan walked into a packed stadium with flashing lights and thumping techno music played by a DJ at a turntable that looked like ice, the mountain ceremonies took place through the streets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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The uncertainty of the day led many businesses to close and kept many Haitians off the streets.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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Over the years, the cemetery has been impacted multiple times due to construction of roadways and railways, including the highway construction in the 1980s and 1990s.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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It's rated for everyone ages 8 and up and sees up to five players compete to dominate the railways of early 20th century America by claiming routes.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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Those areas are most often clustered around major thoroughfares in the city such as Farmington Avenue, Asylum Avenue, Wethersfield Avenue, Washington Street and Broad Street.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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The city focuses its efforts on bridges and overpasses, major thoroughfares and high-traffic corridors.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Ninety-three miles of new highway lanes are planned for our freeways, with the goal of alleviating congestion.—
Chris Roberts,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Here's how to track snowplows in Michigan In Wayne County, road-clearing trucks first prioritize freeways, then move to county primary and secondary roads, subdivisions and gravel roads, in that order, Tomocik said.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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On either side of the bridge, there are dozens of illicit routes across the river that are controlled by binational armed groups, bypassing even the occasional cursory checks that might occur at the official border crossing.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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The tension in boys flag football About seven miles away from where the Lick-Wilderming boys are running routes and espousing the value of flag football, the NFL prepares for the inaugural Super Bowl-week Pro Bowl.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Some sections of expressways were also closed, Kihara said.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Roads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roads. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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