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highway
[ hahy-wey ]
noun
- a main road, especially one between towns or cities:
the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.
Synonyms: , , ,
- any public road or waterway.
- any main or ordinary route, track, or course.
highway
/ ˈɪˌɱɪ /
noun
- a public road that all may use
- law a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities
- a main route for any form of transport
- a direct path or course
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It was much the same along the highway leading away from the coast, where village after village showed signs of violence.
Before 1969, University Avenue in Riverside was a busy highway, part of U.S.
Ahead of COP, there has been criticism of Brazil from conservationists for cutting down tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest to build a new four-lane highway in preparation for the climate summit.
On the route into the city, people sat clustered under trees on the central reservation of the highway, trying to get some relief from the hot sun.
The fire jumped the highway and was threatening “multiple structures,” Cal Fire BDU said in a post on X at about 4 p.m.
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