roads

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Required investments for the newcomers—in new roads, homes, hospitals and machinery—can hurt overall economic productivity, according to Manning, because that capital could have been used to better equip the existing population.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

However, King believes potholes are a symptom of a longer-term lack of investment in the nation's roads.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Protests have intensified the already glacial traffic in Mexico City, where authorities fear the teachers will follow through on their threat to shut down roads before the opening game.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

In some previous years, the roads around the festival have become a highway to hell, with traffic management plans drawn up to keep festival-goers and Leicestershire locals on the move.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

I crept through trees and huddled behind rocks, away from roads and paths where soldiers were going in and out of houses.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff