beltway

Example Sentences

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Swapping a beltway bon vivant for the so-called Prince of Darkness is, however, a risk.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

So now you’re going to have that increased traffic around the beltway, as well as increased traffic in both the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and the Fort McHenry Tunnel.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The destruction of the bridge, a part of Baltimore’s Interstate 695 beltway, could seemingly doom Marylanders to hellish gridlock for the foreseeable future.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2024

"American support to Taiwan cannot be limited to the beltway," Hsiao said, referring to the Washington political scene.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023

It was to have more than 10,000 magnets arranged in a loop 54 miles around, about the size of the beltway highway that circles Washington, D.C.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife