Thesaurus results for ALLEY

alley

noun

Definition of alley

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 The eastern edge of the park is the north-south alley that serves businesses along Laramie. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 As with the previous hour, which opened with the Russian assassins stalking River and Sid at the bowling alley, this episode picks up at the suspense cliffhanger of these same assassins peeling off with an abducted Sid in their car. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 While Holmes’ exact style appears to be Gabriela Hearst’s $4,150 Diana Bag, this Kate Spade option is under $100 and still up the same alley with its shiny gold hardware. — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026 In 2023, Robert Card opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar and grill in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people and wounding 13. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alley

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Noun

In the city of Hurricane in far southwestern Utah, a shipping container drifting down a street gave way Friday to a mess of mud and debris to be cleaned up as people who had evacuated earlier in the week returned home.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
There are few occasions that garner such good-willed camaraderie in New York City as the annual marathon, though the Knicks historic win this summer brought people out into the streets in rivaling numbers.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

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Those assurances preceded Machado’s dramatic reappearance Sunday at a Catholic church in Lara state and a journey across northern Venezuela that drew thousands of cheering supporters to highways and city streets.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
The couple perished in an Oregon highway crash in November 2025.

— Eric Mack , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026