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This has already been done at multiple crosswalks (Broadway and Fleet Street, for example).
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2025
Evelyn Waugh, Scoop Waugh’s skewering of Fleet Street, published in 1938, is set in the East Africa nation of Ishmaelia, where hordes of British reporters have descended to report on a brewing civil war that may have imperial repercussions.
—Dan Fesperman
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Maybe a nameless urban wag first dubbed them battleships on some Fleet Street in another town.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Several projects — including Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland and The Dark Shadows — also marked on-screen reunions for Carter and Depp.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 15 July 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2025
Evelyn Waugh, Scoop Waugh’s skewering of Fleet Street, published in 1938, is set in the East Africa nation of Ishmaelia, where hordes of British reporters have descended to report on a brewing civil war that may have imperial repercussions.
—Dan Fesperman
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Maybe a nameless urban wag first dubbed them battleships on some Fleet Street in another town.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Several projects — including Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland and The Dark Shadows — also marked on-screen reunions for Carter and Depp.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 15 July 2025
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“Fleet Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fleet%20Street. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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