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
Chief Ron Thomas said shortly after the March 20 shooting in an alley near 35th Avenue and Humboldt Street in Denver’s Cole neighborhood that the man, who was homeless, was armed with a handgun.
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Max Levy, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
For all his careful planning, Tommy (Gabriel Luna) is the one who ends up boxed into an alley looking up at a Bloater.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
Police then pursued the suspect into the rear alley of the apartment complex, where a police shooting took place.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Later, she was asked to walk through dark alleys as a police decoy.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2025
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Max Levy, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
For all his careful planning, Tommy (Gabriel Luna) is the one who ends up boxed into an alley looking up at a Bloater.
—Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
Police then pursued the suspect into the rear alley of the apartment complex, where a police shooting took place.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Later, she was asked to walk through dark alleys as a police decoy.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley
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Officers had been dispatched about four minutes earlier after a 911 caller reported a man waving a handgun in the street and pointing it at people near the 200 block of North B Street.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement The announcement was met with jubilant celebrations in the Syrian capital of Damascus, as people in the streets cheered and waved Syrian flags.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
14 May 2025
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There are at least some echoes of the ultra-hyper violent God of War, the famed video game series, and that is getting a live-action adaptation on Amazon Prime Video down the road.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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When the original owner of the bookstore needed to move locations down the road, the town residents showed up in droves, creating a human conveyor belt moving the books hand-to-hand down to the new location.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Israeli police said officers and emergency workers are still clearing the closed highway, with bulldozers brought in to remove debris.—
Dragana Jovanovic,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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There are two kolache shops on both sides of the highway, Czech Stop going north and Slovacek's heading south, each offering a slightly different experience.—
Cynthia J Drake,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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“Alley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alley. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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