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commuter
/ kəˈmjuːtə /
noun
- a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city
- ( as modifier )
the commuter belt
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When one commuter stands to leave, a businessman outpaces a woman hauling a sizable shopping bag.
A rush of water spills from above, but not from the bottle of an absent-minded commuter or tipsy traveler.
The result was a perfect storm of commuter congestion where “normal Caracas chaos became absolute mayhem.”
Local vendors practically throw themselves in front of the commuter traffic, imploring passengers to take horse rides.
He was found barely alive in the woods near a commuter train line, still tied up, naked, and badly burned.
If the 5:37 should ever be stricken from the time-card the Commuter would feel as if the light had been extinguished.
The Commuter finds his way up a steep road to his home on the hillside, his very own home.
The Pennsylvania built the new station for through travel rather than for the Commuter, at the outset.
The Illinois Central has been very progressive in its methods of handling the Commuter traffic.
The club car is one of the most elaborate developments of the entire Commuter idea.
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