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The weather bulletin, which was issued at 12:29 a.m., warned of flash flooding in small creeks, streams, urban areas, highways, streets, underpasses, low-lying areas and places with poor drainage.
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
In December, however, North Carolina received $25 million from the US Department of Transportation to build underpasses on Highway 64.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
That the transportation department invested in animal underpasses may come as a surprise — its primary mission, after all, is to facilitate human movements, not the peregrinations of wolves and deer.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
On one end is an unpopular underpass, where someone has left belongings tucked into a polluted corridor of cars for safety.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
In December, however, North Carolina received $25 million from the US Department of Transportation to build underpasses on Highway 64.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
That the transportation department invested in animal underpasses may come as a surprise — its primary mission, after all, is to facilitate human movements, not the peregrinations of wolves and deer.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
On one end is an unpopular underpass, where someone has left belongings tucked into a polluted corridor of cars for safety.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpass
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Crews will be installing middle span beams on the Interstate 49 overpass as a part of the Arkansas Department of Transportation's interchange-improvement project for MLK and I-49.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
27 May 2025
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The traffic jam was caused by drivers who decided to park underneath an overpass to protect their vehicles from storm damage.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2025
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Many neutrals might give PSG the edge in Saturday’s final, given the blistering pace and intelligent interchange of their fluid attack.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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Not only would this increase employee satisfaction, but Target could reduce interchange fees normally associated with traditional card payments. Or take the case of a truck driver whose earnings are deposited into a digital wallet that offers discounts at affiliated gas stations.—
Carlos Netto,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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“Underpass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpass. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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