shunpike

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Noun
  • Troopers later located the BMW on the side roads in Fairfield and were able to follow the vehicle from a distance.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The truck turned east off the highway onto a side road and was eventually pulled over by a deputy at the end of East Pine Street.
    Max Silverson, Idaho Statesman, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The fire department uses chains to help vehicles gain traction on side streets and going up hills.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
  • After hot and secondary routes are cleared, crews will treat them with salt before moving onto neighborhood side streets.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • As of Tuesday morning, crews spread 1.8 million gallons of brine on hundreds of miles of interstates, highways and secondary roads, Stein said.
    Joe Marusak and, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Low gas prices are expected to fuel high road traffic.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Dressed in colorful costumes, dozens of children, and plenty of adults, representing Krewe de Prank and other local Mardi Gras krewes marched in a Mardi Gras parade Sunday that snaked through the streets of the West Side neighborhood in Kansas City.
    Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Everyone is almost always wearing berets and striped shirts, while extras roam the streets in mime makeup.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Only emergency vehicles may navigate the roadway, the California Department of Transportation said.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Currently, the road is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to protect seal pups and minimize human disturbance, as this is when National Park Service staff is present to monitor the area.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • All roads and detours that started Saturday evening for the Sunday event will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, March 10.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Several local roads and highways, including the Sunrise Highway, were closed as firefighters battled the blazes.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Up the narrow state highways, the landscape shifts to farmland, with grazing cattle and tall stalks of green.
    Mariah Tyler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Shunpike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunpike. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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