down the road
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But an even bigger fight is at hand: whether these halts on buildouts will eventually lead to permanent bans, or whether elected officials are just kicking the clankers down the road.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Bradley, 56, and Oakley, 48, were in fact living about "five minutes down the road" from the shop, Derbyshire Police said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
You could purchase a hybrid life insurance and long-term-care policy for around $100,000 to $200,000, leaving you the funds to cover at-home care if you needed it down the road.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
That’s entirely within baseball’s rules, someone else’s headache down the road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He thought so much of that little old farm of ours, he wouldn’t have stopped working to watch a herd of elephants march down the road.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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