as in road
a route that has many sharp turns for climbing a steep hill
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Recent Examples of switchback
Near the Tennessee state line, crews were finally starting to reach side roads after clearing the main roads winding through switchbacks, but that brought a new set of challenges.
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Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Sunseri had cut across at least one trail switchback on his trip.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
Scientists called these phenomena magnetic switchbacks.
—Yeimy J. Rivera, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
The ride that Petersen had chosen was short: a series of switchbacks, climbing to an overlook, and then a long, voluptuous descent.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Sunseri had cut across at least one trail switchback on his trip.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
Scientists called these phenomena magnetic switchbacks.
—Yeimy J. Rivera, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
The ride that Petersen had chosen was short: a series of switchbacks, climbing to an overlook, and then a long, voluptuous descent.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switchback
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The games that are currently the furthest down the road are against Arizona State.Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The opening shot of the video features a long, winding road.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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New high-capacity roadways traversed forests and farmland, often terminating at what was then the urban edge.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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But for the film, Caldwell and Honnold spent 38 days biking 2,320 miles from his home in Estes Park, Colorado, to the tiny town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, where the roadway ends.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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Rich Graeter, Graeter's Ice Cream Company president and CEO Louis and Regina Graeter started making vanilla ice cream in a metal bucket on the streets of Cincinnati after the Civil War.Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
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In Al-Nabi Chit, unlike many nearby places that have become ghost towns, the streets bustle with men, women, and children.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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The mall is an elegy for what mid-20th-century politicians and progressives imagined downtown Los Angeles could be: a city with a vibrant core, accessible by freeways, anchored by a City Hall with encomiums inscribed above entrances exalting the public good.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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The freeway sections that would be repaired date to 1974.Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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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
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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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In addition to offering upscale accommodations, the Cyrus’ lobby, with its high ceilings and modern aesthetic, opens to a variety of restaurants and bars, all plotted along South Kansas Avenue, Topeka’s main street, running from the Kansas River to the turnpike.Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
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The idea of adding an entrance from Old Saybrook near the turnpike Exit 66 has been discussed, but is not in the current plan.Marcia Simon, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2024
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The turnarounds are often over or under a freeway or expressway.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn is just a few blocks from Costco, between the expressway and the water.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Switchback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switchback. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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