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The motorcade is set to meander from Plains through country routes lined by farmland and woods to reach the expansive interstates on the outskirts of Atlanta.
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Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The incident caused a backup that lasted for more than four hours before the interstate was eventually reopened.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Investigators believe the man was walking on the interstate when he was hit.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2024
The states with the worst showing on the U-Haul index, as with the Census interstate migration data, also tend to be those without a Right-to-Work law.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
The incident caused a backup that lasted for more than four hours before the interstate was eventually reopened.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Investigators believe the man was walking on the interstate when he was hit.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2024
The states with the worst showing on the U-Haul index, as with the Census interstate migration data, also tend to be those without a Right-to-Work law.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
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Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast and crew of hundreds out of work with nothing to show for their efforts.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Limited driving range tends to be an issue when driving longer distances on the highway, creating an additional incentive to conserve fuel.—
Peter Douglas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Range within the city is only around 120 miles (193 km) while cruising around on the freeway will decrease that number further to 71 miles (114 km).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Jan. 2025
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Laurie was on the freeway, driving back to Las Flores from her job at the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, when her daughter Amber texted her that the electricity in their house had gone out because of a windstorm that had picked up that morning.—
Emily Witt,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Think of it as a superhighway connecting two bustling cities, allowing seamless and efficient communication.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes called America's water superhighway, the Mississippi River plays a crucial role in transporting products through and out of the U.S.—
Madeline Heim,
Journal Sentinel,
3 Dec. 2024
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The cabin is generally quiet even at motorway speeds.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
29 Nov. 2024
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In 1979, the fast food giant opened its first restaurant in Strasbourg and then strategically spread to all the big cities and, later, to all shopping centers, railways, and motorway service stations to reach as many consumers as possible.—
Alex Ledsom,
Fortune Europe,
1 Dec. 2024
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The other side: Richmond, Virginia, is a veritable autobahn by comparison, with drivers making the same distance trip in under 10 minutes on average.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
8 Jan. 2025
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The top speed of 218 mph went untested, but if the speedometer on one example taped on the autobahn is to believed, the LaFerrari can actually punch its way all the way to 231 mph.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
11 Dec. 2024
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The agency then returned on Thursday, Jan. 16 and discovered the home had split and slid onto the road.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Aides expect Trump will return occasionally to Mar-a-Lago during the next four years, but for now, the show is moving 1,000 miles up the road.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Her skeletal remains were then discovered near the junction of two parkways in Queens on August 25, 1991, but her identity remained a mystery—until now.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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The '80s are out: West Des Moines' older office buildings between 22nd and 50th streets were once regional draws, but attention has shifted as businesses seek out newer developments near Jordan Creek and Grand Prairie parkways.—
Linh Ta,
Axios,
29 Oct. 2024
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Vasquez forgets that Chicago isn’t New York, and neither is our traffic, which is most problematic on the expressways and main arteries, not in a South Loop business district, which was almost devoid of traffic, human or vehicular, during the first part of rush hour on Monday morning.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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This three-phase project began in 2023 and should improve the expressway for the 275,000 drivers who use it daily.—
Justin Kaufmann,
Axios,
17 Dec. 2024
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“Interstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interstate. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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