commute
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Carolyn Staats has a huge commute: 100 miles each way, four times a week, from her home in Los Banos, Calif., to her job as a physical therapist’s aide in the Bay Area.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
She supports expanding clean transit options, incentivizing employers to adopt flexible work policies to reduce commute emissions, deploying smart traffic technology and giving small businesses tiered time lines and tax credits to transition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Phil Montalvo, 79, started a new Villages Republican club three years ago in addition to an already established one - cutting down commute times for conservatives living at different ends of the community.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Would you be exhausted by the 50-minute commute — five hours a week — especially in the evening when you’ve already worked a full day.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
What else but this fever could commute my father’s ghost crying, “Jezebel!” into a curl of blue smoke drifting out through a small, bright hole in the thatch?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing commute
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