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on the road



ADJECTIVE
wayside
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When J.H., a junior at an Orange County public high school, went to the school library to check out On the Road by Jack Kerouac, it was nowhere to be found.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

Irsay's most prized item is the original typewritten scroll for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," which he bought in 2001 for $2.43 million.

From Reuters • Jun. 3, 2022

The Democrat made the comments in a Vogue magazine profile titled, “A First Lady for All of Us: On the Road with Dr. Jill Biden.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 1, 2021

Called “beaten biscuits,” they got their leavening and smooth texture from being vigorously beaten and folded, according to John Egerton in “Southern Food: At Home, On the Road, In History.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2019

I guess that’s why he was sad that afternoon when we talked about On the Road.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky