main/major road
noun
: a road that is commonly used and that goes through the main part of a city, town, etc.
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Massive crowds of people walking with their belongings stretched along a main road running next to the coast in a stunning reversal of the mass exodus from the north at the start of the war that many Palestinians had feared Israel would make permanent.
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Osama Saleh, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Crowds of people carrying their belongings filled a main road leading to a closed Israeli checkpoint.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Dimitri Hérard, the head of General Security Unit of the National Palace (USGPN), who had been called by both Moïse and security coordinator Jean Laguel Civil, was standing in the middle of the main road leading to the turnoff to Moïse’s residence.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
When the vehicle stopped to turn onto the main road, her mirth vanished.
—Nnedi Okorafor, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
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Osama Saleh, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Crowds of people carrying their belongings filled a main road leading to a closed Israeli checkpoint.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Dimitri Hérard, the head of General Security Unit of the National Palace (USGPN), who had been called by both Moïse and security coordinator Jean Laguel Civil, was standing in the middle of the main road leading to the turnoff to Moïse’s residence.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
When the vehicle stopped to turn onto the main road, her mirth vanished.
—Nnedi Okorafor, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Main/major road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/main%2Fmajor%20road. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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