shunpikes

Definition of shunpikesnext
plural of shunpike
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Noun
  • First, there are the big-name athletes to find and woo into competing on the streets of the UK’s capital, then the pace-makers, the notable debutants, and the tantalising head-to-heads to create; there’s the hotel bookings, the visas, the flights, the prize money and even bonuses to ponder over.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The mayor’s signature program was in Echo Park and Venice this week, bringing inside more than 40 Angelenos and clearing eight RVs and trailers off the streets.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Things changed in 2015 when women could finally serve in combat in all branches, so lawyers started filing cases to overturn Rostker.
    Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Use them to dress up walls or decorate tree branches.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Expanding urbanization and the use of traditional lighting of buildings, highways and residential neighborhoods are blinding us to an eternal beauty.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Step-backs, deep 3s, power drives, trips to the line – every element of their games was on display, and every possession seemed to raise the stakes.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Bethea said Stokes not only can rattle the rim with spectacular dunks off drives to the basket, but can drill outside shots past the 3-point line.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Consider the other teams that, like the Mets, have high expectations and have swiftly reached a crossroads.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Rabat is a cultural crossroads where books help transmit knowledge and the arts in all their diversity.
    Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Officers established a perimeter around the 300 block of Gibson Drive, closing roadways west of the scene near Trehowell and Castaic drives, along with several side streets, the Roseville Police Department said.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Orlando’s annual Corporate 5K race returns to Lake Eola Park on Thursday, closing several roads in the city’s downtown.
    Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In the spring, all is awash with green and swooped by swallows, and the many roads and hiking trails are beautifully edged with flowers.
    Helen Brown, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • It will be built at a 34-degree pitch and extend more than 60 rows to just beneath one of the giant video scoreboards.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Zinc and iron enrichment was present only in the granular rows of the chela, specifically in the jagged, tooth-like bumps called denticles on the movable outer segment.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
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“Shunpikes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunpikes. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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