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Recent Examples of secondary road
Traffic was backed up for dozens of miles (kilometers) during the morning rush hour and the crash left other highways and secondary roads in gridlock.
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Susan Haigh, Fortune, 2 May 2024
Some secondary roads will close during the winter, but main routes, like Newfound Gap Road (US-441), Little River Road, and Laurel Creek Road are open all year, depending on the weather.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
Some secondary roads remain closed from past flood damage.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
The district's decision is due to concerns over secondary road conditions, according to a post by JCPS on social media site X, formerly Twitter.
—Louisville Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 19 Jan. 2024
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Susan Haigh, Fortune, 2 May 2024
Some secondary roads will close during the winter, but main routes, like Newfound Gap Road (US-441), Little River Road, and Laurel Creek Road are open all year, depending on the weather.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
Some secondary roads remain closed from past flood damage.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
The district's decision is due to concerns over secondary road conditions, according to a post by JCPS on social media site X, formerly Twitter.
—Louisville Courier Journal, The Courier-Journal, 19 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary road
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On a side road, where hundreds of attendees parked their cars, a Tesla cybertruck sported two Trump flags on the back.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
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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.Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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The shop itself is like something down a Knightsbridge side street.Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
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The parking lot was full, and so were the side streets.Madison Lammert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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Getting Around Oslo With high road tolls and expensive, hard-to-find parking, driving in Oslo can quickly become a hassle, putting a damper on your weekend.David Nikel, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Rounding out the top three is Switzerland, which also has a very low road traffic death rate of 2.2 per 100,000 people, low fuel and EV charging costs, and a very high road quality score of 6.3 out of 7.Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 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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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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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
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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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In my courtyard, a heap of stuff blown from many directions— wet socks, branch about to bloom, TV antenna bent-over window screen, a sandbag without sand.Susan Mitchell, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
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Most banks branches will be closed, but online banking and ATMs will still be available.Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 27 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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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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“Secondary road.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20road. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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