hard shoulder
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Instead of a continuous hard shoulder, there are refuges every mile.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
Similarly, a £118m dynamic hard shoulder section of the M6 near Birmingham was meant to make journeys quicker for road users at peak periods.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
The court heard that he went on to the hard shoulder before making a sudden U-turn and into lane three, heading south.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025
A footballer has been put into an induced coma after he was hit by a car on the M27's hard shoulder after stopping to change a tyre, his club said.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025
She put her arms round his terrifying, insentient body, and laid her cheek against his hard shoulder.
From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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