as in street
a narrow passage between buildings
One can spend days exploring all the alleys and backstreets of the old city.
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Recent Examples of alley
My own reading led me down a narrower and perhaps less nightmarish alley, but one with cautionary implications of its own.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Boise police stated that many of the cows found their way to an alley between 18th and 19th streets.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 28 Oct. 2025
Housed inside a former bowling alley, this colorful cavern of cottons and bolts has become a destination for crafters everywhere.
—Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
There’s ski-in/ski-out access, of course, but also a 10,000-square-foot spa, a bowling alley, and multiple dining venues.
—Charles Curkin, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Boise police stated that many of the cows found their way to an alley between 18th and 19th streets.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 28 Oct. 2025
Housed inside a former bowling alley, this colorful cavern of cottons and bolts has become a destination for crafters everywhere.
—Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
There’s ski-in/ski-out access, of course, but also a 10,000-square-foot spa, a bowling alley, and multiple dining venues.
—Charles Curkin, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley
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The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Waymo has already mapped out portions of San Diego roads and highways and Nalavade said as early as next week, passersby may see a fleet of all-electric Zeekr RT minivans on area streets, further testing and assessing Waymo software.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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A day when the Stanley Cup years finally ride the synaptic road back to long-term memory and the brain finally bumps the past for the present.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The floods have also left 11 people missing, inundated more than 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, and damaged roads and railways, cutting off traffic and power in several areas, the government’s disaster agency said in a report.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Future of eVTOLs In the longer term, Goldstein sees a future where eVTOLs are ubiquitous in the skies above American cities, flying in designated, but invisible, sky highways to ensure safety.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Alley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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