- a variation of thruway.
throughway
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Even this throughway soon couldn’t handle the traffic between Southern and Central California, and the incline was so dangerous that mule teams had to be summoned to rescue underpowered cars that couldn’t make the grade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Continued disruptions in the waterway, the throughway for a fifth of the world’s oil, could pull global oil inventories down to dangerous levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Chanting “the country is on fire,” they lit bonfires on Tel Aviv’s main highway, closing the throughway and many others throughout the country for hours.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
They lit bonfires on Tel Aviv’s main highway, closing the throughway and many others throughout the country for hours.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2023
The Kwilu River is the throughway here: Kwilu, a word without a single rhyme.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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