underpass

Example Sentences

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On the morning of 6 April 2009, a lorry driver pulled off the M4 and parked in an underpass near Porthcawl, south Wales, and spotted a suitcase in an embankment.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Videos circulating on social media showed police vans escorting a bar association vehicle carrying Mazari to court before it was stopped at an underpass, where masked security officials prevented journalists from filming the arrest.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Local media reported that an underpass in the area was sealed off.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

But she somehow made her way around the busy metropolis to the Santa Monica Mountains by the summer — crossing, at least, the 5 Freeway, perhaps using an underpass, wildlife officials had said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

I run past the underpass, stumbling at the corner of Blenheim Road.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins