On the Road
noun
a novel (1957) by Jack Kerouac.
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Traveling, as in Our salesmen are on the road five days a week . [Mid-1600s]
On the Road
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Traveling, as in Our salesmen are on the road five days a week . [Mid-1600s]
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on the road to . On the way to, following a course that will end in. For example, We could see Mary was on the road to recovery , or The business obviously was on the road to ruin . [Mid-1600s]
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When J.H., a junior at an Orange County public high school, went to the school library to check out On the Road by Jack Kerouac, it was nowhere to be found.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025
Irsay's most prized item is the original typewritten scroll for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," which he bought in 2001 for $2.43 million.
From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2022
The Democrat made the comments in a Vogue magazine profile titled, “A First Lady for All of Us: On the Road with Dr. Jill Biden.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
Called “beaten biscuits,” they got their leavening and smooth texture from being vigorously beaten and folded, according to John Egerton in “Southern Food: At Home, On the Road, In History.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2019
When Annabelle thinks of that state line, she thinks of Kat, and the joke they had after the two of them read On the Road.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
The Rams then host the Arizona Cardinals before playing three of the next four games on the road at Las Vegas, Washington and Arizona.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Most plug-in hybrids on the road today are essentially gasoline vehicles with a battery shoehorned in to provide a small amount of all-electric range.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
That means Gasly, who finished third on the road, is dropped back to the seventh place he received in the official results.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Leeds can be quite cagey on the road under Daniel Farke, but they are very good at what they do, and they will be a threat on the break.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“I wanted to make sure you were okay, though. And then I saw you running on the road, so I followed.”
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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