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byway

[bahy-wey] / ˈbaɪˌweɪ /
















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In her waking hours — treading a muddy village byway, casting an eye across a desolate field — hope pulses in her like a beating heart: that she might somehow find him.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024

They’re on a highway headed toward Santa Fe, N.M., though it soon becomes evident that they’re also on the road to reconciliation — that byway many indie-film families travel in order to heal.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

The silk damask draperies and sumptuous beds felt opulent and a nice flourish to the end of the byway and a way to rest up before heading back to Seattle the next day.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2023

The incident happened at about 20:40 BST on the byway heading to Whaddon Lane near the rugby club.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023

The road that led from Norwich to Hanover was once a leafy, gently sinuous two-lane affair—the sort of tranquil, alluring byway you would hope to find connecting two old New England towns a mile apart.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson