commute
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The response from emergency workers during the Friday morning commute blocked traffic on the bridge that connects Boyle Heights and the Arts District.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Working in London I would expect the price of the train to go down because the commute is horrendously expensive nowadays," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Angelo heard of TAE on his commute to New York last year from Kevin McGurn, who was then an adviser to Trump Media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
In fact, the Glassdoor report noted that remote workers may be feeling increased pressure to log more working hours at home, effectively erasing the time they saved by skipping the commute.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
Despite William’s long commute to Washington, he and Elizebeth were happy.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
"Younger generations grow up with politics alongside their memes, their family pictures and their daily commutes."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Yet the spread of work-from-home abilities has been a win for people with disabilities, workers with young families or people with long commutes, said Bloom.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
A few of the growing, old industrial cities with generally cheaper housing and lengthy commutes include Manchester and Nashua, the biggest cities in no-income-tax New Hampshire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Some bikes are good for carrying kids and cargo, others for daily city commutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
I only suspect that he commutes to work in New York.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
The sentence was commuted to life in prison last June, after Vietnam abolished the death penalty for a range of crimes.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Last week, Polis tried to quietly announce that he had commuted her nine-year prison sentence, but the news immediately caught fire.
From Slate ● May 21, 2026
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk imprisoned for election-machine tampering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Earlier in 2024, the Herald said, Kapri spent two months in the Miami Federal Detention Center after violating probation in the 2019 weapons case in which the sentence was commuted.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Our five-year sentence had been commuted to house arrest.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey said commuting habits have changed and far fewer school children walk to school, according to a Reuters report.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Fiat is positioning the Topolino as an alternative option for a growing cohort of motorists considering a low-speed vehicle, such as a golf cart, for daily commuting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
But smaller retailers still appear to be promoting e-scooters for commuting or riding in towns and cities.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
At this World Cup, Team Melli has been subjected to shifting travel restrictions and uncertainty unlike the other 47 teams, spending the tournament commuting between Southern California and its base in Tijuana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
After all, Greenwich was considered an actual suburb of New York, a commuting suburb.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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