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Recent Examples of dual carriageway
Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads.
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The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
The Economist, 23 May 2020
The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
—Fox News, 16 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dual carriageway
Noun
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In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive to Lick Mill Boulevard.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In many ways, the Internet is the greatest disseminator of misinformation ever invented, crossed with a superhighway of shopping.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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First is an eight-lane superhighway, designed exclusively for massive traffic.—
Judy Stecker,
STAT,
27 Feb. 2026
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While some passengers were able to exit their taxis on their own, others were afraid to get out because their vehicle had stopped in the middle lane of a ring road with other vehicles passing on both sides, the reports said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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In France, dozens of buses and trucks drove slowly on the Paris ring road Monday to demonstrate their concerns about rising diesel prices.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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The explosion Saturday killed at least 15 women on the busy motorway, according to the governor of Cauca, Octavio Guzmán, leaving behind the twisted metal debris of multiple vehicles by a 650-foot crater in the road.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Drivers on Ireland’s busiest motorway still face delays even after a wave of fuel protest blockades deescalated over the weekend.—
Olivia Fletcher,
Bloomberg,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the streets of Washington, word of the alarming development spread through discussions with rideshare drivers and in the overheard comments of tuxedoed attendees who blurted out comments in smartphone conversations while walking away from the original site of the dinner.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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For older students walking to school, encourage them to take a safe route with adult crossing guards, travel in pairs or groups, and to not use cellphones while crossing the street.—
Dr. Phyllis Agran,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Her remains were found by two kayakers who were fishing after one of their lines snagged a bag in mangroves near the interstate.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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The project aims to trim commutes for those taking Idaho 16 from the interstate to Idaho 44, or State Street, with travel times expected to take between seven and 10 minutes.—
Noah Daly
May 1,
Idaho Statesman,
1 May 2026
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According to the lawsuit, this bypass also ruptured at least four times in February.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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Without access to the turbines, water released from the dam must flow through much smaller bypass tubes that are unsafe to use for extended periods, choking flow from one of the West’s largest water banks.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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His journey mirrored that of Limon’s cell phone signal, which pinged to locations on the causeway and in Clearwater at the same time before the signal dropped.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Heuermann lived for decades in Massapequa Park, about a 25-minute drive across a causeway spanning South Oyster Bay to the sandy stretch where the women’s remains were found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Dual carriageway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dual%20carriageway. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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