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Recent Examples of underpass
That the transportation department invested in animal underpasses may come as a surprise — its primary mission, after all, is to facilitate human movements, not the peregrinations of wolves and deer.
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Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
On one end is an unpopular underpass, where someone has left belongings tucked into a polluted corridor of cars for safety.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
One study found that underpasses in Wyoming prevented so many perilous, expensive crashes that the state was on pace to recoup their costs in just five years.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
The state has legislated myriad penalties against cities and counties that don’t find places for homeless people to sleep, including a command to incarcerate people caught sleeping on government property, which usually includes sidewalks and underpasses.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
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Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
On one end is an unpopular underpass, where someone has left belongings tucked into a polluted corridor of cars for safety.
—Francesca Carington, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
One study found that underpasses in Wyoming prevented so many perilous, expensive crashes that the state was on pace to recoup their costs in just five years.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
The state has legislated myriad penalties against cities and counties that don’t find places for homeless people to sleep, including a command to incarcerate people caught sleeping on government property, which usually includes sidewalks and underpasses.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpass
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Crews will be installing middle span beams on the Interstate 49 overpass as a part of the Arkansas Department of Transportation's interchange-improvement project for MLK and I-49.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
27 May 2025
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The traffic jam was caused by drivers who decided to park underneath an overpass to protect their vehicles from storm damage.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2025
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Many neutrals might give PSG the edge in Saturday’s final, given the blistering pace and intelligent interchange of their fluid attack.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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Not only would this increase employee satisfaction, but Target could reduce interchange fees normally associated with traditional card payments. Or take the case of a truck driver whose earnings are deposited into a digital wallet that offers discounts at affiliated gas stations.—
Carlos Netto,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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“Underpass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpass. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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