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highway

[hahy-way] / ˈhaɪˌweɪ /


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They also say pedestrianisation is more than just the highway.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

In the Bay Area, crews this weekend are shutting down a section of an entire state highway for 55 hours for emergency work to prepare for winter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The Californian wanted to showcase his accomplishments: tax cuts, a budget surplus, prison reform, housing, pension reform, gasoline taxes, highway expansions, new hospitals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Bolt would make a good city car, even for long commutes, but it isn’t a highway star.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

At the end of that week, when Ophelia accompanied Farmer back to Port-au-Prince, the Rover came to an abrupt stop on the highway.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Strong Santa Ana winds that fueled a rash of wildfires in Southern California have abated, and crews are turning a corner on the blazes that closed highways, damaged a military base and destroyed multi-million-dollar homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Dyed diesel doesn’t pay the 24-cent-a-gallon federal highway tax, since it powers equipment that isn’t driven on highways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Notice we haven’t even counted Medicaid, or any of the other things the federal government does, from highways and farm support to homeland security, justice and so on.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Protesters also briefly blocked one of the main highways in the city to hold a moment of silence on Wednesday morning.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Equally important, this concept required a spaceship so large—three hundred thousand pounds—that the nation’s existing factories, railroads, highways, and ships wouldn’t be able to transport the parts required to put it together.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson


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