as in road
a route that has many sharp turns for climbing a steep hill
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Recent Examples of switchback
There is also a switchback lounge and dinette, both of which can be converted to comfortable sleeping areas at the end of the day.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
But the trade-off is worth it, with spectacular views the whole way up and down its switchbacks.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
These Arch Rock pants use specially articulated knees and a crotch gusset to give you maximum range of motion for difficult climbing moves, but those same features are also unbeatable for tougher hikes that require scrambling over debris or navigating steep switchbacks.
—Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2024
No one who hurls their guts up the previous night would knowingly agree to ride in a 12-passenger van hugging the cliffside of this narrow two-lane road, navigating hairpin turns on switchbacks that drop more than 2,500 feet into Red Rock Country.
—Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
But the trade-off is worth it, with spectacular views the whole way up and down its switchbacks.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
These Arch Rock pants use specially articulated knees and a crotch gusset to give you maximum range of motion for difficult climbing moves, but those same features are also unbeatable for tougher hikes that require scrambling over debris or navigating steep switchbacks.
—Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2024
No one who hurls their guts up the previous night would knowingly agree to ride in a 12-passenger van hugging the cliffside of this narrow two-lane road, navigating hairpin turns on switchbacks that drop more than 2,500 feet into Red Rock Country.
—Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switchback
Noun
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Putting off a little mess can mean an even bigger one down the road (or even warrant a call to the exterminator).—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2025
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Along the roads in this region, blue and green pump jacks nod like mechanical farm animals in the fields.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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But the town’s cohesion frayed in the late twentieth century as factories shuttered, leaving behind dangerous pollution, and the construction of an interstate highway demolished the historic downtown.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2025
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Floodwaters surged through the roadways in several cities throughout Simpson County, Kentucky.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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Portions of Pacific Coast Highway and other roadways were closed because of mudslides and flooding.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Police searched a sidewalk and street roughly 20 minutes after the apparent sound of gunshots, but found no shell casings, no evidence of the shooting, and ultimately, no gun.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
19 Feb. 2025
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Hundreds of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters angrily confronted each other on the streets of a mainly Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday night as officials said Jews were targeted with antisemitic rhetoric.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The demonstration included a sign posted over the freeway as well as individuals pacing with Nazi flags, according to video that aired on the station.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC News,
8 Feb. 2025
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The 8-year-old girl stood in court and explained the immense sorrow a Sacramento police detective created when his car drifted off a freeway and fatally struck brothers Juan Carlos and Lionel Rodriguez.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article Five months after Seattle completed its three-year construction project for a new bus rapid transit line along a main thoroughfare, neighbors are beginning to take stock.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Crossing seven modern-day prefectures and the snowy crags of the Japanese Alps, this thoroughfare, the Nakasendō, connected the imperial capital of Kyoto with the cultural capital of Edo (now Tokyo).—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Successful examples include the design, financing, construction, and maintenance of turnpikes (Austin, Texas), monorails (Las Vegas, Nevada), and light-rail transits (St. Paul, Minnesota, and Hudson-Bergen, New Jersey).—
Gary Hufbauer,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Nov. 2011
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The shirts should be in stock in gift shops on turnpike service plazas from Orlando to Broward by fall.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The closures affect the eastbound lanes starting at NW 17th Avenue on the expressway, State Road 836, just west of Interstate-95, FDOT said in an alert.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 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,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Switchback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switchback. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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