lane

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A driver on California's notoriously congested highways put a life-sized dummy in the passenger seat to trick his way into the faster carpool lane, only to get caught for forgetting one detail -- the face.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

“You cannot run 135 vessels a day, the prewar baseline, through a narrow guided lane that depends on continuous overhead air defense,” she said.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

On Sunday, Trump said the US would start helping stranded vessels out of the shipping lane.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

QNX is the operating system that enables all kinds of driver assistance: collision warnings, blind-spot notifications, adaptive cruise control, pedestrian detection and steering you back into a lane when you’re drifting into trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

The din was on the causeway: a horse was coming; the windings of the lane yet hid it, but it approached.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë