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[free-way] / ˈfriˌweɪ /


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This is especially true until the services have freeway approval in a city, and then only if they deem it safe to use at the time of your ride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“We agree on all the major stuff,” he said from his car on a Southern California freeway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He reportedly had completed nearly 6,000 trips with a 4.96 rating and didn’t have previous incidents involving unsafe freeway stops or rider injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

“There’s like a million different signs that the freeway ends,” he said Wednesday: flashing lights, signs, rumble strips.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

It isn’t long before we come to an overpass for the 5 freeway.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Potential compromises: Because there are no major freeways, traffic on surface streets is often quite congested.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

There’s also a mill — a 40,000-square foot workshop space — a cafe, plenty of parking and quick access to area freeways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

There were a few small banners on lamp posts along freeways and a few billboards but it felt like functional promotion rather than excitement.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Even the “beauty” of American trucks, big yellow school buses and eight-lane freeways have gotten their fair share of shout-outs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Down nameless streets, past junk houses, across a dead-end piece of land created by the freeways and the river, Father Mike unwisely attempted to escape.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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