southbound
Americanadjective
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traveling southward.
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pertaining to southward travel.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of southbound
Example Sentences
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The driver continued northbound in the southbound lanes of Victoria Avenue before eventually stopping at Buena High School, according to authorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The inquest at County Hall heard PC Turnbull was originally deployed to the scene with a colleague after a report of the crash on the southbound A189 to implement a road closure.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The capybaras’ stretch of the Pinheiros River is a former no-man’s land; geographically, it’s in the center of the city, and yet isolated, sandwiched between an expressway’s northbound and southbound lanes.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
The Murrieta Police Department was the first to respond to the scene and closed all southbound lanes around 1 a.m.,
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
I knew the southbound train would cross the trestle over Blind Tillie Creek about when I ought to head home to milk.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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