For my part, now, I consider supper as a turnpike through which one must pass, in order to get to bed. From LearnThat.org. [Oliver Edwards (1711-1791)]
Here in Florida, the turnpike is the Ronald Reagan turnpike and we just got a new school here in Miami-Dade County named after him. From Wordnik.com. [August 2005] Reference
With marketing in mind, the state’s highway department eschewed the word turnpike in favor of the more poetic parkway. From Wordnik.com. [Interstate 69] Reference
He discusses his engineering education at Cooper Union, and his work with Howard, Needles, Tamman & Bergendoff in turnpike construction. From Wordnik.com. [Oral history interview with Paul A. Strassmann] Reference
You mentioned that the turnpike might be a break for the fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2005] Reference
"The turnpike is a scam on the people of Oklahoma," said Gary Richardson, 2002. From Wordnik.com. [Infowars] Reference
The western portion of the turnpike is a separate financial operation from the road east of Route 128. From Wordnik.com. [Reader - MassLive.com] Reference
Across the turnpike were the fields and untouched woodlands of Marjorie, and it looked as though the hand of. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of the Hills] Reference
Between the village and the turnpike is a ridge upon which are the remarkable tumuli called "The Five Maries.". From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
Passing through Parkville, they struck a road called a turnpike, although there were no ticket-houses, as there are at the ferries. From Wordnik.com. [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference
Where does the word turnpike come from?. From Wordnik.com. [San Francisco Sentinel] Reference
But the turnpike is a toll road already, though. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2007] Reference
"turnpike" industry were busy financing thousands of miles of private roads without any governmental assistance. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Reckoning Australia] Reference
She drove under the gray clouds along the turnpike. From Wordnik.com. [The Dadaist] Reference
They took the turnpike, as it was the smoothest highway. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
We had got -- you know where the turnpike forks south of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
He seemed to own the turnpike road, and kept the right of way. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
Between the winding turnpike road and where the farmhouse stood. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
Would spin along the turnpike road, o'er level stretch and hill. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
They proceed to the turnpike, heading for the borough of Manhattan. From Wordnik.com. [The The Three Sisters] Reference
Murfreesboro ', distant about six miles, there was a good turnpike. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
I moved out even further, further, farther on the south way off the turnpike. From Wordnik.com. ['Ask Your Mama': A Music And Poetry Premiere] Reference
Without Tony, "The Sopranos" would be just another stop on the television turnpike. From Wordnik.com. ['The Sopranos:' Making A Mob Hit] Reference
The public roads were poor; there were few well-kept turnpike roads in the district. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Somerset] Reference
Down the turnpike she steered the big machine, confident in her ability to manage it. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
Presbyters, and therefore it will be easy to understand the condition of its turnpike. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Our column had marched from Nashville out on the Franklin turnpike, nearly three weeks previous. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The showcase project, Toll Road Corp. of Virginia's private 14-mile turnpike near Washington, will open this fall. From Wordnik.com. [Blowing Up The Budget] Reference
Mill, and not even on the Osago Lake turnpike, on which highway she had been given to understand the Red Mill stood. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
If it's a choice between arts and public safety or arts and roads, you know that truck has already left the turnpike. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of Arts Funding?] Reference
This was the speediest way to reinforce Warren who was confronting the enemy on both the Orange plank and turnpike roads. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
It's just like the New Jersey turnpike, get in, get on it, get off at the nearest exit and pray you still have your sanity. From Wordnik.com. [Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: The Art of the Rebound] Reference
Right now, if you want to get from I-95 to the turnpike, or vice versa, you have to drive on surface streets for seven miles. From Wordnik.com. [At Last, I-95's Missing Link Hits The Road] Reference
Scarcely had Cora, driving her big car, turned into the turnpike leading from the park to New City, than she again encountered Ed. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
The earlier incident occurred when a tanker overturned at Pickett Road and the turnpike, where Fairfax City and Fairfax County meet. From Wordnik.com. [Small fuel spill in Fairfax County] Reference
That may be good news for turnpike drivers -- but Elmo Randolph will still be checking his rearview mirror each morning, just to make sure. From Wordnik.com. ['It Is Not The Act Of A Few Bad Apples'] Reference
Pushing his division to the front, he soon got possession of the turnpike and drove the enemy back several hundred yards to the east of it. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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