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The weather bulletin, which was issued at 12:29 a.m., warned of flash flooding in small creeks, streams, urban areas, highways, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas and places with poor drainage.
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
In December, however, North Carolina received $25 million from the US Department of Transportation to build underpasses on Highway 64.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
That the transportation department invested in animal underpasses may come as a surprise — its primary mission, after all, is to facilitate human movements, not the peregrinations of wolves and deer.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
On one end is an unpopular underpass, where someone has left belongings tucked into a polluted corridor of cars for safety.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
In December, however, North Carolina received $25 million from the US Department of Transportation to build underpasses on Highway 64.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
That the transportation department invested in animal underpasses may come as a surprise — its primary mission, after all, is to facilitate human movements, not the peregrinations of wolves and deer.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
On one end is an unpopular underpass, where someone has left belongings tucked into a polluted corridor of cars for safety.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpass
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Tensions escalated and by Sunday, portions of L.A. freeways were shut down as some protesters and/or outside agitators vandalized downtown stores, defaced buildings, hurled rocks from downtown overpasses onto law enforcement vehicles and set fire to a few Waymo cars.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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The two are separated by an Interstate 95 overpass and the complex intersection of South Miami Avenue, South Dixie Highway, Brickell Avenue and Southwest 26th Road.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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The group maintains that interchange fees have not increased in recent years and that credit card fees are hardly the highest expense that most businesses have to pay.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Chime’s core business — offering no-fee banking services, debit cards, and early paycheck access — draws most of its revenue from interchange fees.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
11 June 2025
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“Underpass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpass. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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