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Recent Examples of secondary road
Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
As of Tuesday morning, crews spread 1.8 million gallons of brine on hundreds of miles of interstates, highways and secondary roads, Stein said.
—Joe Marusak and, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
On Saturday, officials in northern Alabama said schools could remain closed Monday if ice doesn't melt off secondary roads.
—Sara Cline and Ben Finley The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Although the current forecast is not expected to cause major travel impacts, secondary roads and overpasses will likely be impacted across Middle Tennessee Monday evening and into the night, said the weather service.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Jan. 2025
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
As of Tuesday morning, crews spread 1.8 million gallons of brine on hundreds of miles of interstates, highways and secondary roads, Stein said.
—Joe Marusak and, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
On Saturday, officials in northern Alabama said schools could remain closed Monday if ice doesn't melt off secondary roads.
—Sara Cline and Ben Finley The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Although the current forecast is not expected to cause major travel impacts, secondary roads and overpasses will likely be impacted across Middle Tennessee Monday evening and into the night, said the weather service.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary road
Noun
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There is no turning back, no compromise, no side road.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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Officials stress patience as crews clear side streets While going around parts of the South Hills neighborhoods, it was seen that main roads were in good shape, but side roads were a problem.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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South of International, the project would have detoured to a side street to ferry riders and pedestrians all the way to BART’s Coliseum Station.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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One dark place on a tight side street sold only 78 records and hand crank victrolas, not altogether odd with so many in Ireland still off the grid.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2026
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In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive to Lick Mill Boulevard.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
11 Nov. 2025
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In recent years, cities have been living through short storms that turn subway stations into lakes, streets into rivers, cars into boats.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Parking in some South Beach garages was $40, but garages and street parking remained open.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Catcher Danny Jansen hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning to bust open a close game, and the Rangers held on for an 8-5 road win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday.—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Purple-pink brittle stars still clung to the corals, their tendril-like arms wrapping around the branches like yarn.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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For the Supreme Court to do so would require it to repudiate the Constitution’s text, the Court’s own precedents, and the enduring understanding of all three branches and of the American people.—
David Cole,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The highway is near a military zone, called Lavizan, which has been targeted five times during the war, according to military experts.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Those campaigns will involve everything from social media posts to highway billboards.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Secondary road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20road. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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