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Recent Examples of ring road
Guo and Cui have lived in Beijing all their lives and have barely travelled outside of the second ring road, a rectangular beltway built in the 1980s around central Beijing, with an area roughly equivalent to the size of the old city.
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Qiang Xiaoji, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2015
Judge Alexander Milne has also barred the three Just Stop Oil activists from taking part in any protest action within the M25, the major ring road in London.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The march was due to end in front of parliament, further along the capital's inner ring road.
—Reuters, 3 Oct. 2024
In July, Judge Hehir sentenced a group of Just Stop Oil activists to four- and five-year sentences over a campaign to disrupt traffic on the M25, the major ring road in London.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024
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Qiang Xiaoji, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2015
Judge Alexander Milne has also barred the three Just Stop Oil activists from taking part in any protest action within the M25, the major ring road in London.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2024
The march was due to end in front of parliament, further along the capital's inner ring road.
—Reuters, 3 Oct. 2024
In July, Judge Hehir sentenced a group of Just Stop Oil activists to four- and five-year sentences over a campaign to disrupt traffic on the M25, the major ring road in London.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ring road
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Phishing attacks on the platform have reached staggering levels, with thousands of malicious apps designed to steal credentials and bypass security measures.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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The proliferation of Israeli settlements, outposts, and bypass roads have left the West Bank a Swiss cheese of Palestinian enclaves.—
Kenneth Roth,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
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On August 25, 1991, a set of remains bound at the ankles and covered with a board was found in a grassy area at the intersection of two Queens, New York parkways, according to a press release from District Attorney Melinda Katz's office.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 2024
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At Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda, a shingle oak tree stands in the parkway holding all of its brown and curled leaves on a foggy February day.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
23 May 2020
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The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
16 July 2018
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Lawmakers from outside the beltway have lobbied for more flights to different parts of the country due to the airport’s convenience over the other two airports.—
Jack Birle,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
30 Jan. 2025
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Trucks carrying hazardous materials that used the bridge to cross the harbor are now forced to go around the beltway in the opposite direction (a 35-mile detour) due to cargo restrictions through Baltimore City traffic tunnels.—
April Quevedo,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Nov. 2024
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Curiously, the Trump White House seems to think that protecting Main Street Americans from rip-offs is an argument for the bureau’s extinction.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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Leave your bags with the front desk at the Grand Bohemian after check out at 11 a.m., then head to Main Street.—
Alexandra Maloney,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Feb. 2025
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California has 16 border protection stations placed along the state’s domestic borders on 14 major highways and interstates.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Feb. 2025
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The 26-year-old could face the death penalty if convicted on federal of using a firearm to commit murder and interstate stalking resulting in death.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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But Pike — like many others here — knows that the thousands of dogs roaming freely between the desert landscape and people's homes serve as a superhighway for ticks.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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Think of it as a superhighway connecting two bustling cities, allowing seamless and efficient communication.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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According to a statement from England’s motorway maintenance company National Highways, the coffin dates back more than 1,500 years to Britain’s Roman era.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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They can be taken anywhere on local roads but not on motorways and not yet within the London Congestion Charging zone, though access to central London is in the works.—
Nicole Kobie,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Ring road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ring%20road. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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