How to Use on the road in a Sentence

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  • The paper didn’t have the budget to send him on the road.
    Dave Eggers, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Alas, the Rangers won each of their six series and went 13-5 on the road for the month.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • What team scores 30 points in less than six minutes of the fourth on the road?
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2023
  • King/Drew will be on the road Thursday night to face La Habra.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Huffman fell to 0-3 and is on the road at Oxford next week.
    al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Huggins’ find sheds new light on one of the star’s first pit stops on the road to celebrity.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
  • There is no cell service in most of the park, and the men spent three hours driving back and forth on the road.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Goodall is now on one of her globe-circling jaunts that keep her on the road some 300 days a year.
    Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Re-styling her wigs from show to show also means taking care of the artist’s hair on the road.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The Colts have won two in a row on the road and are coming home with some confidence.
    Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Advertisement That means, for the top teams, at least 12 hard games, half of them on the road.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • People on the road are seen trying to get other cars to make way for it.
    Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The Sun open their season Friday at 7 p.m. on the road against the Indiana Fever.
    Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • There are many more of us on the road — bikes, pedestrians, scooters.
    Judy Berlfein, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Jeff really took care of Brian on the road for the longest time.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Mitski will be on the road throughout the year with a little over a dozen dates in the summer.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Trending on Billboard The trio is currently on the road on a string of tour dates that runs through June.
    Xander Zellner, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The Falcons are just 2-6 on the road, however, and the Saints impressed in their win over the Buccaneers in Week 17.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Tim McGraw isn't one to let a few hours on the road get between him and fulfilling a girl’s dream.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 May 2024
  • The bit was so successful that Burnett took it on the road for 20 years after the show ended.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The Raiders’ Jimmy Garoppolo has a bad back but should play and has the better offense to win this matchup on the road.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Once on the road, she got caught in the firestorm, abandoned her vehicle, and jumped into the ocean to avoid getting burned.
    Jack Dolan, Craig Nakano and Matt Hamilton, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Beauty School Dropout is currently on the road with Blink-182.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 June 2023
  • Over the summer, however, Alcorn took his game on the road.
    Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The pair, along with son Rennie, 3, have been out on the road for months with their An Intimate Evening tour that kicked off last year.
    Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Hall has been on the road with opening act Todd Rundgren joining him toward the end of each night for some duets.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Nov. 2023
  • While the Packers have won eight straight games and 13 of the last 14 in the series, the unknown of Love to start the season on the road makes Chicago the early favorites.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2023
  • Gorillaz is heading out on the road for a special tour this fall.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 30 May 2023
  • In a statement, Remy reflected on all the hard work and tinnitus of life on the road.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Our fates on the road are, in a sense, intertwined, as both humans and wildlife must travel to survive.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023

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