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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

And thus the writer’s euphoric westward peregrinations, by motor car, kindled a new spirit of domestic US travel: On the Road rather than On the Railroad.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2020

Love always, Charlie February 2, 1992 Dear friend, On the Road was a very good book.

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




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