superhighway

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Recent Examples of superhighway But after three storms in a little over a year, the area is beginning to feel like a hurricane superhighway. Stephen Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024 Beneath a blue sky, near poofs of white clouds, there’s a microbial superhighway hidden in plain sight, a new study suggests. Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2024 A lot of hours go into creating superhighways that connect the brain to the muscles and he’s done a lot of that work at a young age. Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024 The agreement comes as Panama’s Darién Gap has become a superhighway of sorts for migrants from across the Southern Hemisphere and beyond who are trying to make it to the U.S. Rebecca Santana, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for superhighway 
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Noun
  • Esther Gonzalez’s body was found in a snowpack off a highway near Banning, California, on Feb. 10, 1979, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The fire erupted Wednesday morning in Ventura County and, fueled by ferocious Santa Ana winds and dry conditions, quickly exploded in size and jumped a highway toward homes, forcing more than 10,000 people to evacuate.
    Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Police have shared bodycam footage showing the dramatic rescue of a man from a fiery pickup truck crash on an Ohio interstate.
    David Chiu, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Authorities announced an arrest Monday in the brutal murder of an exotic dancer whose body was discovered in a burning car on an Arizona interstate more than a year ago.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In terms of location, Germany is also an ideal target for cross-border crime: Neighboring the Netherlands and linked by motorways on some of which speed limits don’t apply.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
  • This led to the system at one point being convinced that the speed limit on a motorway was 70 kph, some way short of the 130 kph other traffic was traveling at.
    Alex Goy, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • Slightly wider tires probably serve as the main cue, as do the double headlights and an additional set of high beams—the latter presumably installed for improved visibility while crushing miles on the autobahn.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The story goes that McQueen had been driving his Porsche 911S on the German autobahn, running at around 130 miles an hour, when a 300 SEL 6.3 blew past with ease.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • After the bridge and causeway were completed in 1972, the value of an acre on Skidaway skyrocketed.
    Alexia Fernández Campbell, Essence, 4 July 2024
  • During two stretches in July and August, road construction will again close the ramps connecting the westbound causeway connecting Virginia Key and Key Biscayne to the Miami mainland.
    Adlai Coleman, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
Noun
  • Chances are low of flooding or any other significant issues in Southern California, forecasters said, though roads could become slick and snarl traffic.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The opening shot of the video features a long, winding road.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Spring Garden Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Kelly Drive will also close, as well as all parkway lanes between 22nd and 24th streets.
    Mike D'Onofrio, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Plant it to fill up your parkway strip between sidewalk and street or in front of a low block wall for a softening effect.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 30 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • States and cities can work together to fix legacy highways — and federal support can help In Portland, Oregon, pretty much everyone seems to agree that 82nd Avenue, a major thoroughfare that the state manages, is a disaster.
    David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
  • On dreary days, spend a few hours at the National Museum of Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland; when the weather cooperates, journey down the Royal Mile (Old Town’s main thoroughfare) and hike up to Arthur’s Seat, an ancient volcano and the highest peak in Holyrood Park.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024

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