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highway

[hahy-wey] / ˈhaɪˌweɪ /


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But more recently, a confluence of factors has made New York's coast less of a highway and more of a stomping ground.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

But as electric cars dropped in price and gained popularity, the highway has more or less been left for dead.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Getting around slower traffic on the highway typically involves a foot-to-the-floor maneuver, which is answered with a portentous auto-downshift followed by a lot of yammering.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

"I look forward to traveling the entire length of this great highway someday, hopefully soon!" the president wrote.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Or water, as I would come to see when I witnessed the outbreak of interspecies war in a highway rest stop driving through Arizona.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Niman said he and Schell also wanted to preserve the land from developers and “wealthy people from the Central Valley,” who were moving to the area to build second homes, golf courses and four-lane highways.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

"The problem that we've got now is that a parking ticket is not really a deterrent," says Rob Lewis, a senior manager at Cumberland Council's highways department.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Several attacks on bridges were reported in and around the port city of Bandar Abbas overnight Thursday, and highways connecting Bandar Abbas to nearby provinces were declared closed, according to Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Before Portugal played Croatia, excitement spilled on to the roads, with fans briefly bringing one of the Canadian city's main highways to a standstill to try to catch a glimpse of Ronaldo.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

I could get on one of those horses, if I knew how to ride a horse, and gallop from meadow to meadow, through backyards and highways, all the way out to the sea.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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