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After a day of hammering the Z4 up and down mountain roads, winding it out in third gear—the perfect mountain-road ratio—and getting a full-blown case of convertible hair, my instantaneous mileage readout said 25.2 miles per gallon.
In BMW's Repackaged Z4, Less Is More Dan Neil 2011
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Finally, after more than an hour of truly creative mountain-road maneuvers in the slushy snow, someone at the bottom got word and put up a roadblock to stop the train of locals from coming up to see the snow.
Volcano Fatigue 2007
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As he explained to his limping disciple, a man bred among mountains can prophesy the course of a mountain-road, and though low-lying clouds might be a hindrance to a short-cutting stranger, they made no earthly difference to a thoughtful man.
Kim 2003
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N. from Le Monastier by diligence along a beautiful mountain-road is Le Puy.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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I sank back in the stage as it rolled down the mountain-road, and fairly covered my eyes with my hands, as I repeated Webster's boast: "Thank God! I too am an American."
Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens
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The pair of broncos that Mrs. Yellett was driving humped their backs like cats as they climbed the steep mountain-road.
Judith of the Plains Marie Manning
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He was returning when he had an encounter with a bear, and was detained on the mountain-road for several hours.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various
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N.W. from Annonay by coach, traversing a beautiful mountain-road, is St. Etienne.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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"Yes, but the folks here say that the other is a wild mountain-road, and not much used."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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A sun-burnt, dark-eyed young Virginian now guides us up the mountain-road to the Springs, where we find a full-blown Ems set in the midst of the wilderness.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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