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highway

[hahy-wey] / ˈhaɪˌweɪ /


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Potential applications include concrete pavements, highway parapet walls, and sewer pipelines.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Top executives seem to view them as unnecessary speed bumps on the highway to innovation, and rank-and-file workers love to gripe about layers of bosses who do, what, exactly?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Roebuck also said that Jeramy knew that his uncle carried a lot of cash from the sale of used vehicles he advertised near the highway in front of his house.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Authorities said Garcia was speeding down River Road, a two-lane highway that bends with the river, when the road turned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I guess. But right now, I think this highway needs me more.”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Stevenage Borough Council said it was working with Hertfordshire County Council and highways officials on a "masterplan" to tackle potential problems.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

His high-tech resource was the bulky but immensely helpful Thomas Bros. guide to the streets and highways of Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

In one three-day operation in July that focused on highways in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio, DHS said it took 766 unsafe drivers and vehicles “out of service.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

These risks aren’t encountered by all Americans equally: People of color and low-income people are more likely to live near highways or areas with heavy traffic.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

We crossed lines in sand drawn through palmetto scrub, lines down the middle of highways, soup-kitchen lines, lines of worry, souls lined up awaiting the burning tongue of salvation.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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