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: a narrow passageway
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Council member Paula Blackmon criticized the speed of the process, comparing it to the city’s slow decision-making on smaller issues that have gone on for years like whether to continue trash pickup from alleyways.
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Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
The complaint says the victim's phone pinged last on the cell tower near the 1400 block of West Highland Avenue, and there was CCTV footage of the suspect going north in the alleyway between North 13th Street and North 14th Street in the 1100 block.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Mar. 2026
At the second shooting scene, KDKA's news crew at the scene saw police taping off an alleyway between Madison Avenue and Petty Street.
—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Convinced that their ancestors are communicating with them via dream visions, characters wander dark alleyways at night, pursuing spectral figures.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
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Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
The complaint says the victim's phone pinged last on the cell tower near the 1400 block of West Highland Avenue, and there was CCTV footage of the suspect going north in the alleyway between North 13th Street and North 14th Street in the 1100 block.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 3 Mar. 2026
At the second shooting scene, KDKA's news crew at the scene saw police taping off an alleyway between Madison Avenue and Petty Street.
—Mike Darnay, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Convinced that their ancestors are communicating with them via dream visions, characters wander dark alleyways at night, pursuing spectral figures.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Alleyway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alleyway. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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alleyway
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al·ley·way
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