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Recent Examples of unpassable
Human and drug traffickers, and a massive wave of humanity, have now beaten a path through the previously unpassable Darien Gap, which separates the two continents.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
Southwest has canceled more than a dozen departing from Louisville after Arctic blast that rendered routes unpassable last week.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
An ice storm expected to arrive late Thursday could leave some roads virtually unpassable, the Oregon Department of Transportation warned, and drivers should avoid travel altogether if slick conditions materialize.
—oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
This caused mud and debris to flow down the mountainsides from the burn scars of the Tamarack and Caldor wildfires of 2021, and made portions of Highway 89 unpassable.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2022
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Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
Southwest has canceled more than a dozen departing from Louisville after Arctic blast that rendered routes unpassable last week.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022
An ice storm expected to arrive late Thursday could leave some roads virtually unpassable, the Oregon Department of Transportation warned, and drivers should avoid travel altogether if slick conditions materialize.
—oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
This caused mud and debris to flow down the mountainsides from the burn scars of the Tamarack and Caldor wildfires of 2021, and made portions of Highway 89 unpassable.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpassable
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After all, his introduction of cable cars had fueled the city’s expansion southward, connecting residents, through and over hills once considered impassable, to their places of employment and giving rise to many of Kansas City’s historic neighborhoods.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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Each loop of the driveway produced an impassable snowdrift in winter, but by then Carol and Mike were on the coast, watching waving kelp fronds from their living room.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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In Delaware and New Jersey, particularly the southern part of the state, coastal flooding could get bad enough to cause some roads to become impassible and some structures to flood, according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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The storm left 1,467 roads impassible, NCDOT said, cutting off several communities from the outside world.—
Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Unpassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpassable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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