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The motorcade is set to meander from Plains through country routes lined by farmland and woods to reach the expansive interstates on the outskirts of Atlanta.
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Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The incident caused a backup that lasted for more than four hours before the interstate was eventually reopened.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Investigators believe the man was walking on the interstate when he was hit.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2024
The states with the worst showing on the U-Haul index, as with the Census interstate migration data, also tend to be those without a Right-to-Work law.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The incident caused a backup that lasted for more than four hours before the interstate was eventually reopened.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Investigators believe the man was walking on the interstate when he was hit.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2024
The states with the worst showing on the U-Haul index, as with the Census interstate migration data, also tend to be those without a Right-to-Work law.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
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Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast and crew of hundreds out of work with nothing to show for their efforts.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Limited driving range tends to be an issue when driving longer distances on the highway, creating an additional incentive to conserve fuel.—
Peter Douglas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Range within the city is only around 120 miles (193 km) while cruising around on the freeway will decrease that number further to 71 miles (114 km).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Jan. 2025
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At 47 and a native Angeleno, I had never been picked up on the freeway before.—
Stacy Fernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 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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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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The whole sequence where the Doctor pilots the TARDIS down the motorway while trying to save Donna is edge-of-your-seat stuff.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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The other side: Richmond, Virginia, is a veritable autobahn by comparison, with drivers making the same distance trip in under 10 minutes on average.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
8 Jan. 2025
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The top speed of 218 mph went untested, but if the speedometer on one example taped on the autobahn is to believed, the LaFerrari can actually punch its way all the way to 231 mph.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
11 Dec. 2024
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When the storm died out on Monday morning, crews began the laborious task of clearing the roads.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
30 Jan. 2025
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Mayor vetoes measure increasing borrowing by $4 million for additional road repairs Johnson vetoed in full a measure that would borrow an additional $4 million to fund improvements to an additional 30 lane miles of roadway.—
Alison Dirr,
Journal Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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The parkway, which divides Northlake Commons shopping center and Northlake Mall, is owned by the mall, according to the lawsuit.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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Still, even some officials off-put by the tone of the message have urged MnDOT to continue to keep at-grade boulevard or parkway options, at least for a point of comparison to other concepts.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
15 Jan. 2025
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Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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The turnpike had become a major urban expressway, carrying more commuters than truckers or tourists, and the old fare cards were replaced by coin-toss baskets in the urban areas.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Interstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interstate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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