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How to use the word rush-hour in a Sentence?

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They came around 10 a.m. We consider that rush hour in a densely populated area.

Ahmad Jibril

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Here in the New Orleans area, we expect the peak time for the storms to be around 6 to 9 a.m. Friday, right around the morning rush hour, while over towards Lafayette and Baton Rouge it'll be in the 2 to 6 a.m. time frame.

Phil Grigsby

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If you can actually reschedule cities thanks to the newfound flexibility following the pandemic there could be ... a big impact, one of the tragedies of cities in the 20th century was really having everything synchronised, so you had peak hour, rush hour, and then there was a lot of congestion.

Carlo Ratti

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

ALASKA WOMAN GETS 60 YEARS FOR SETTING COUCH ABLAZE WITH BOYFRIEND ON IT Contra Costa Fire Department spokesman Steve Hill said the tanks held varying amounts of ethanol. One tank alone contained around 167,000 gallons of the flammable substance. Approximately 200 firefighters were battling the blazes using foam on the flames and water to cool adjacent tanks to prevent them from catching fire. Officials closed Interstate 80, one of the busiest in the Bay Area at the peak of rush hour, causing major traffic jams.The California Highway Patrol said the closure was expected to last at least until midnight. CALIFORNIA LYFT DRIVER IS PULLED OVER SO POLICE CAN ARREST HER PASSENGER One Rodeo resident, One Rodeo resident, told The Associated Press he was sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic trying to get home to his teenage son. His son had called him to say he heard a loud explosion. It literally rocked the house and then soon after, he heard what sounded like a jet plane.

One Rodeo resident

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The system is currently forecast to move out of DC, Philadelphia and New York between midnight and 4 a.m., boston may have the worst commute as their snow will last through the morning rush hour.

Haley Brink

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If I go to work at rush hour, it would take me three hours, this is the only job I know. Even if I find something else, I doubt I would earn any better.

Alejandro Galasao

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

They should at least raise the ticket price to pay for maintenance, at rush hour at 7 or 8 a.m. and in the afternoon it is a catastrophe.

Yorli Correa

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Hall said he didn't believe anyone was injured by the actual device. Investigators search next to a train at Parsons Green station in London. (Reuters) It was an absolutely packed, rush-hour District Line train from Wimbledon to Edgware Road. I saw crying women, there was lots of shouting and screaming, there was a bit of a crush on the stairs going down to the streets.

Richard Aylmer-Hall

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Hall said he didn't believe anyone was injured by the actual device. It was an absolutely packed, rush-hour District Line train from Wimbledon to Edgware Road. I saw crying women, there was lots of shouting and screaming, there was a bit of a crush on the stairs going down to the streets.

Richard Aylmer-Hall

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I have people going to London next month, and they ’ll come to me and ask me about cancelling, and what are the risks. I ’ll discuss it with them, but we have to be realistic and understanding that safety ca n’t be accurately predicted. We have to be sensible about risks, but I don’t want them to cheat themselves and live inside a safety bubble. One of the biggest terrorist attacks in London occurred July 7, 2005. Sometimes referred to as 7/7, the series of synchronized terroristsuicide bombings in the central city targeted civilians usingthe public transport systemduring rush hour. But more recently, France -- another major destination for American tourists -- has been hit hard by a series of devastating attacks. After the 2016 attacks in Nice, France, Brianna Glenn said she had one cancellation -- but that client wasn't even traveling to France. Sometimes it’s irrational, Glenn admitted but still, she recommends that all travelers purchase travel insurance for big trips. I’ve had people change routes of flights to avoid certain airports. Wednesday’s tragic event took place in one of London’s most populated areas, near Parliament Square. Steve Born, vice president of marketing for the Globus Family of Brands, told Fox News that across Steve Born company they currently have 69 guests in London, and all are accounted for in their home base hotels. A few guests are staying near the location of the attack.

Brianna Glenn

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I worried about outside being cold, worried about injury, but there is no injury so I'm happy and Times Square in rush hour was awesome.

Kim Hyeon-woo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's at the choke point that you really suffer, you will not easily get onto that bridge in rush hour.

Austin Kim

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is rush hour traffic, there were a lot of cars out here. People had to see something.

Washington Police Chief Kathy Lanier

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It’s not a bad idea to avoid rush hour on Monday morning when roads will be filled with sleep-deprived people running late for work or school.

Michael Breus

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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