Examples of southbound in a Sentence
The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
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Emergency vehicles, including CHP cruisers and Camp Pendleton’s Fire Department, sped down the southbound median lane to get through traffic.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Alex Cruz was changing lanes in his 2022 white Toyota Tacoma on the southbound Clearview Expressway in Bayside when he was rear-ended by the motorcyclist about 9:40 p.m. Saturday, cops said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024
But for decades, migrants and asylum seekers, northbound drug smugglers and southbound arms traffickers, and US Border Patrol agents have roamed here in endless pursuit across the rocky terrain.
—Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 24 June 2024
The Rancho Cordova Police Department diverted southbound traffic from Sunrise Boulevard onto Douglas Road.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 18 June 2024
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Alex Cruz was changing lanes in his 2022 white Toyota Tacoma on the southbound Clearview Expressway in Bayside when he was rear-ended by the motorcyclist about 9:40 p.m. Saturday, cops said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024
But for decades, migrants and asylum seekers, northbound drug smugglers and southbound arms traffickers, and US Border Patrol agents have roamed here in endless pursuit across the rocky terrain.
—Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 24 June 2024
The Rancho Cordova Police Department diverted southbound traffic from Sunrise Boulevard onto Douglas Road.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 18 June 2024
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“Southbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southbound. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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southbound
adjective
south·bound
ˈsau̇th-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed south
a southbound train
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