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lane

[leyn] / leɪn /


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Seated on the overpass on a swelteringly hot day, the 32-year-old said he picked his particular strip of sidewalk for the shade it gets from the elevated 110 Freeway carpool lane.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

The draft Hormuz deal would temporarily set up an inbound lane near Iran and an outbound lane near Oman, though Iran’s top leaders still need to sign off, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

What this walk down memory lane suggests is that the doom-and-gloomers are likely making things seem worse than they really are.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

For much of the war, some ships carrying oil from Saudi Arabia had instead passed through an alternative shipping lane in the Red Sea, between the kingdom and west Africa.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

I turn and look across the cathedral steeples and up the hilly lane toward Tatarska.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

She adds, “The concept of the celebrity documentary is like a giant umbrella, and there are just so many lanes of what that can mean.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The attack comes as Iran’s top leaders weigh a draft agreement with Oman to set up new shipping lanes through the strait and gradually open it to traffic in exchange for concessions from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Achieving that, Tiwari says, requires redesigning streets by narrowing traffic lanes, altering road surfaces and introducing other traffic-calming measures.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

In addition to the need for buses, drivers and updated bus lanes is parking.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

It wouldn’t be long before the lanes were bustling with rickshaws and people.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins




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