beltway

Example Sentences

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The gloves have long needed to be dropped, and that means the patrons here will enjoy some beltway WWE.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

But warm words and familiarity do not pay for lunch along the Washington beltway.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

So now you’re going to have that increased traffic around the beltway, as well as increased traffic in both the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and the Fort McHenry Tunnel.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The crash closed the beltway in both directions for hours, snarling traffic along the west side of the highway that encircles the city.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

It was to have more than 10,000 magnets arranged in a loop 54 miles around, about the size of the beltway highway that circles Washington, D.C.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife