Example Sentences

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Brand names such as Mercedes and Audi might conjure up images of wide-open autobahns, but when it comes to Formula One, the real nitty-gritty happens in Brackley and Bicester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Hitler, as the cliché goes, built the autobahns, and Nazi Germany developed technologies like synthetic fuels, optical equipment and space flight that were ahead of the Western democracies.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2025

Step by step: first we tackle driving at level three or level four on open highways — German autobahns — and then we get into more complex areas.

From The Verge • Jan. 18, 2022

“Our autobahns are no worse than Germany’s,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2021

The Interstate Highway Act brought autobahns to the United States and became the largest public works project in the nation’s history, building 46,000 miles of road with more than $130 billion of federal money.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser