underpass

Example Sentences

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On the morning of 6 April 2009, a lorry driver pulled off the M4 and parked in an underpass near Porthcawl, south Wales, and spotted a suitcase in an embankment.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Videos circulating on social media showed police vans escorting a bar association vehicle carrying Mazari to court before it was stopped at an underpass, where masked security officials prevented journalists from filming the arrest.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Two months later, signs appeared stating rowing through another nearby underpass prone to flooding was prohibited.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

We could walk a quarter mile and duck under the low PCH underpass, then spend long hours body surfing and doing absolutely nothing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025

She stepped down and walked toward the underpass that cut across Darling Street.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison