road
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To stretch his margins, he parks at loading docks to avoid overnight truck stop fees, brings food from home to eat on the road and hasn’t paid for a truck wash in nearly three months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Up to 1,000 people were standing in the middle of the road, many of them linking arms.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
But there were more bumps in the road for Detroit, which by November was still a dismal 3-6.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The speed limits on the roads between the two cities range from 45 mph to 75 mph depending on the stretch of road.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
“One hundred bear paces north of the Fernlight road sign, there’s a pond.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"It will connect our 23,000 residents to jobs, schools and opportunities across Greater Manchester, and take traffic off our busy roads."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The port was constructed as the terminus of a planned $25 billion economic corridor, with roads, rail and an oil pipeline linking Lamu to landlocked South Sudan and Ethiopia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The speed limits on the roads between the two cities range from 45 mph to 75 mph depending on the stretch of road.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Long lines of stationary cars and buses were gridlocked on main roads as commuters sought alternative routes -- or even made their way on foot.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
There were lots of other roads he could have cut across, but there he was, twenty minutes later, staring at Tom’s house from across the street.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
