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roadway

[rohd-way] / ˈroʊdˌweɪ /


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The man, the driver and sole occupant of the car, was traveling north on Grand Avenue and veered off the roadway and through a guardrail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Whitemountain Quarries had been carrying out resurfacing works on a 1.3km stretch of roadway for Donegal County Council.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

On Friday, city officials said they hoped the roadway would be reopened by Monday, but repairs are taking longer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

In his letter, Morrison said the vehicles have the potential to reduce roadway fatalities and help disabled Americans travel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

A cake of ash in the roadway inches deep and hard going with the cart.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

The decision to focus on certain medieval buildings and roadways absent from his writings—on what he missed, consciously or otherwise—seems a curious one, particularly in a presentation of this size.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Safety is always our utmost priority,” Gonzalez said, noting that Teamsters took care to follow the law and not block public roadways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

When makeshift roadblocks appeared, Minneapolis urged residents to stop erecting them, citing the need for emergency access, fire response, and roadways open for all.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

His Vulcan and Hestia projects, supported by multiple federal agencies, quantify and visualize greenhouse gas emissions nationwide, from individual power plants and roadways to neighborhoods.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

Dragon roads, men called the great stone roadways of the Freehold, but the one that ran eastward from Volantis to Meereen had earned a more sinister name: the demon road.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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