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I installed seat belts so I can put my 2-½-year-old daughter’s car seat in back for slow back road drives.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

Just a few days ago, I was driving along a back road to get groceries.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2023

She said the A9 had been treated like a forgotten back road, rather than the "spine of Scotland" linking central parts of the country with the Highlands.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2023

They ditched the car miles from the festival, held on a farm in Bethel, N.Y., and continued down a back road on foot.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2023

It’s dark and we’re on a back road now, with no streetlights at all, but I borrowed Katie’s phone so I can see.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy




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