right of way

Example Sentences

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Planning documents refer to it as "a public right of way", but Mid Ulster Council say the lane is under private ownership.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Wilson's Lane, also known locally as Babe's Entry, has historically been a public right of way and is regularly used by shoppers to walk between two of Dungannon's main streets.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

The robots swarming around look like electric orange self-driving lawn mowers in a coordinated dance, giving one another the right of way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

They’re dirt and sand roads, but there’s intersections, there’s right of way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

I almost run across the intersection even though the lights say I have the right of way.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi