Example Sentences

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EV charging volume on highways surged 53% during the holiday period, according to data from China’s National Energy Administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Overshadowing the days before the tournament are thousands of protesting teachers, who have blockaded highways and led the government to cordon off the historic Zocalo square with metal barricades.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Malcolm Taylor, executive member for highways and transportation at NYC, said: "Our trees and woodlands are some of the county's greatest natural assets."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But economic life along Route 66 has been precarious since the late 1960s, when interstate highways and chain hotels began stealing traffic away from the older, slower road.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

He could see no signs of what had been set loose upon the earth: the highways, the towns, even the fences were gone.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko