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Synonyms for overpass
Synonyms: Verb
blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, excuse, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at)
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Examples of overpass in a Sentence
Verb
to keep peace in the family, he was forced to overpass his in-laws' frequent put-downs a filmmaker whose technical bravura overpasses his ability to tell a coherent storyNoun
Boys stood beneath the highway overpass. Traffic was stalled on the overpass.
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The Clearview Parkway and Cleary Avenue overpasses at I-10 are closed. — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, "I-10, other New Orleans metro roads, bridges stay closed with another hard freeze ahead," 17 Jan. 2018 The Clearview Parkway and Cleary Avenue overpasses at I-10 are closed. — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, "I-10, other New Orleans metro roads, bridges stay closed with another hard freeze ahead," 17 Jan. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The four juveniles and another teen had been throwing rocks from a highway overpass on October 18, 2017, when one of them struck White. — Hollie Silverman, CNN, "4 teens who pleaded guilty to throwing a rock off an overpass that killed a man may be sentenced as adults," 24 July 2019 The construction worker who fell to his death last month from a highway overpass in Houston has been identified as Juan Giovanni Simental of Durango, Mexico, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, "Construction worker who fell to his death in Houston identified," 1 July 2019 According to the California Highway Patrol, a Latino man in his early 40s died in an apparent suicide after jumping from the Mulholland Drive overpass onto the freeway. — Hannah Fry, latimes.com, "101 Freeway reopens hours after body is found in apparent suicide from overpass," 19 June 2019 These beer deliveryman saved a man from a highway overpass by talking him down. — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, "As St. Paul police chief honors ‘ordinary heroes,’ one says saving a life changed his own," 5 June 2019 On land fronting the south side of Sistrunk Boulevard from the Interstate 95 overpass to Northwest 22 Avenue, 25 two-story townhouses will be built in four buildings. — Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com, "Fort Lauderdale fuels northwest building boom with $2.1 million for developers," 21 Aug. 2019 In the state of Michoacán, nine bodies were found in the city of Uruapán hanging from an overpass. — Fox News, "19 bodies found hung, butchered in suspected Mexico gang turf war," 9 Aug. 2019 And that begins to explain why Patel spent part of his day last Thursday painting a mural on an overpass near Pendleton Pike. — Alexandria Burris, Indianapolis Star, "Indy employers are facing a deep talent shortage. Here’s one way they’re fighting it.," 23 July 2019 Several of the people who moved from the I-65 overpass on Breckenridge Street a few blocks north to the alley near College Street were angry and crying Saturday, Gill added. — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, "Homeless forced to leave downtown Louisville alley in latest camp clearing," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overpass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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