turnpike
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HAINESPORT, N.J.—One of the dozens of warehouses in this town just off the New Jersey Turnpike near Philadelphia is notable for what you don’t see when you walk inside.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
On 12 August, Harjinder Singh, an Indian-born truck driver, made a U-turn on the Florida Turnpike, crashing into a minivan and killing three people.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
Morgan had a near brush with death in 2014 when a Walmart truck rammed into a limo carrying Morgan and others on the New Jersey Turnpike.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025
A few years later, in June 2014, Morgan was involved in a five-vehicle crash with a Wal-Mart tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025
After that, they’d have to switch to a road that followed the coastline, because Route 1 turned into the Turnpike for a long while.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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