beltway

Example Sentences

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But warm words and familiarity do not pay for lunch along the Washington beltway.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

So now I have to actually tell truckers the height or the clearance of the tunnel and direct them to the other side of the beltway.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The destruction of the bridge, a part of Baltimore’s Interstate 695 beltway, could seemingly doom Marylanders to hellish gridlock for the foreseeable future.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2024

The crash closed the beltway in both directions for hours, snarling traffic along the west side of the highway that encircles the city.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

It was to have more than 10,000 magnets arranged in a loop 54 miles around, about the size of the beltway highway that circles Washington, D.C.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife