shunpike

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shunpike
Noun
  • Troopers later located the BMW on the side roads in Fairfield and were able to follow the vehicle from a distance.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The truck turned east off the highway onto a side road and was eventually pulled over by a deputy at the end of East Pine Street.
    Max Silverson, Idaho Statesman, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • From her vantage point, Maria watches as nearby buildings are overtaken by infected and as her husband targets the bloater, luring him into an empty side street.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Set a little back on a funky side street, the gallery had uneven floors and the walls were weathered, crumbling, and beautiful.
    Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Parker said most highways are in decent shape, and road crews will focus on frontage and secondary roads.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Getting Around Oslo With high road tolls and expensive, hard-to-find parking, driving in Oslo can quickly become a hassle, putting a damper on your weekend.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • Safer streets, stronger neighborhoods, and city services that actually serve.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The restaurant serves terrific pizza and even better cheesesteaks that draw long lines running down the street or, some days, up the street the other way, just to keep life interesting.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The nearly 12-mile stretch of I-4 in Orange and Osceola counties between State Road 528 and State Road 429 jumped to first place among the most clogged roadways in the nation in 2023 after ranking tenth the previous year, according to INRIX.
    Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The highway between the cities and parks is your average roadway, with gas stations, restaurants, and the like.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The road that leads to the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit to Canada, is notoriously difficult to navigate, even for locals.
    Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Illinois Department of Transportation owns the road and any changes would require its approval.
    Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Here's what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Fewer vehicles on our roads also lessen the need for costly and harmful highway expansions, which consistently fail to reduce traffic.
    Jill Locantore, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Shunpike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunpike. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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