parkway

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Recent Examples of parkway Community members have shared photos of the dogs at various scenic overlooks along the parkway, and residents report the animals appear to be losing weight over time. Ryan Brennan april 21, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 Between 2010 and 2011, authorities found 11 sets of human remains along the beachside parkway on Long Island’s southern shore, including Vergata’s. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026 Erica Taylor-Murff, who lives in the area, said the parkway seems the safest plan for nearby residents. Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026 Elsewhere on the parkway, investigators discover the remains of an Asian male. ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for parkway
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Noun
  • The pilot descended in a shallow left turn and moved with the flow of traffic while traveling in the lanes of the interstate.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The Midwest has no shortage of wide-open highways, but what makes a plains-state drive memorable are the gloriously strange things waiting just off the interstate.
    Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • According to the lawsuit, this bypass also ruptured at least four times in February.
    Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • An extension of Paris’ tramlines — which shadow the beltway from the inside and now form an almost-complete ring around the city — has also given people who live in Paris’ outer boroughs their own alternative.
    Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Missing morning coffee runs or rushing into staff meetings late because of delayed or canceled trains persuades more and more residents to risk the soul-crushing traffic of the D.C. beltway.
    Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • First is an eight-lane superhighway, designed exclusively for massive traffic.
    Judy Stecker, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Route 66 became official when the country adopted the numbered highway system in November of that year.
    Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Mexican authorities last summer found 20 bodies, including several that were decapitated and four that were left hanging from a bridge over a highway, that appeared to be victims of a turf war between the Chapitos and rival Sinaloa faction La Mayiza.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Among myriad other possibilities, the Orca could be turned into an intriguing motorhome, quite likely the sleekest, slipperiest Class B+ RV roaming the autobahn.
    C.C. Weiss March 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The state could build a high-speed autobahn for a fraction of the cost to move residents from the southern half of the state to the northern half and vice versa.
    John Moorlach, Oc Register, 14 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • For Mussolini in Italy, new grand boulevards and imposing architecture signaled an ideological connection to Roman imperialism.
    Big Think, Big Think, 1 May 2026
  • The city is shutting the boulevard down to vehicles to promote bicycling, walking and rolling to help the environment and encourage healthy living.
    Heather McRea, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Parkway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parkway. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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