as in road
a route that has many sharp turns for climbing a steep hill
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Recent Examples of switchback
The Hunter Trail hike is a challenging 3.2-mile round trip with steep switchbacks, rock scrambles and an elevation gain of 1,600 feet.
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
Published on March 3, 2025 By Wendy Bowman Photo : Nolasco Studios
Photo : Nolasco Studios
A switchback staircase makes its way up to the front entrance.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
The open spaces all around us invite Angelenos to ditch the concrete grid for the wandering switchbacks.
—Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
Cutting across a switchback can wipe it out immediately.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 2 Jan. 2025
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
Published on March 3, 2025 By Wendy Bowman Photo : Nolasco Studios
Photo : Nolasco Studios
A switchback staircase makes its way up to the front entrance.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2025
The open spaces all around us invite Angelenos to ditch the concrete grid for the wandering switchbacks.
—Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
Cutting across a switchback can wipe it out immediately.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switchback
Noun
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Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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Dire wolves did overlap with early humans at the end of the Ice Age, around 11,500 years ago, but humans had barely invented agriculture at that point, let alone begun building the cities and interstate highways that would encroach upon the natural world.—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The males that lived near busy roadways behaved more aggressively than those living farther away by approaching the speaker closely and repeatedly swooping low over it, probably in search of the intruder.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first confirmed to PEOPLE that a Cessna 310 had crashed into a roadway on Friday, April 11, at around 10:20 a.m.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Truck Driver Swallowed by Giant Sinkhole in Japan as Rescuers Work to Retrieve Vehicle Resident Terrance Perkins told WFAA that during heavy rain, streets in the area bear the brunt of the overflow of water from the White Rock Lake and Prairie Creek dams.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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This is not the homeless problem that New Yorkers are most familiar with: people sleeping on subway cars or begging for change on street corners, often struggling with mental illness or addiction.—
Jonah Markowitz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Late night and early morning commuters can expect detours along the freeways linking Fort Worth to Weatherford this weekend.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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The slow-speed pursuit traveled on freeways in Oceanside, Carlsbad and then back toward Escondido.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cars are not allowed to stop on the side of the super-speedy thoroughfare for avoidable reasons, such as an empty tank.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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There’s reliable bus and taxi service to nearby towns, including Chapala and Ajijic and a miles-long paved path along the main thoroughfare for walkers, bikers and joggers.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The crash caused heavy traffic delays in the northbound lanes of the turnpike through the morning.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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Successful examples include the design, financing, construction, and maintenance of turnpikes (Austin, Texas), monorails (Las Vegas, Nevada), and light-rail transits (St. Paul, Minnesota, and Hudson-Bergen, New Jersey).—
Gary Hufbauer,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Nov. 2011
Noun
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Some Chicago expressways are already using ramp metering.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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Minutes before his disabled car was rear-ended in a hit-and-run crash that killed him, nightlife impresario Darryl Mathis Jr. was posting video to Instagram on the misfortune of being stranded on a Bronx expressway in the middle of the night.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Switchback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switchback. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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