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
Vick had been working undercover with another officer, investigating prostitution in St. Paul’s Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood, when there was a confrontation outside a bar and Vick was shot in an alley.
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Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 May 2025
The detective recognized where they were filmed: an alley behind the Westchester apartment complex where Morris lived.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Lanai Dees was driving her white Mercedes Benz in an alley off Century Boulevard in the Westmont neighborhood at 12:40 a.m. on Nov. 17 when someone in a passing dark-colored SUV opened fire, Lt. Steven De Jong of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Club officials point to personnel knowing Citi Field well enough to know when to take such chances on the bases on balls hit into the alleys and corners of the outfield.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 May 2025
The detective recognized where they were filmed: an alley behind the Westchester apartment complex where Morris lived.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Lanai Dees was driving her white Mercedes Benz in an alley off Century Boulevard in the Westmont neighborhood at 12:40 a.m. on Nov. 17 when someone in a passing dark-colored SUV opened fire, Lt. Steven De Jong of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Club officials point to personnel knowing Citi Field well enough to know when to take such chances on the bases on balls hit into the alleys and corners of the outfield.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley
Noun
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In recent months, at least 50 birds have died along a residential street in Richmond, a city on the east side of San Francisco Bay.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 May 2025
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Maybe they're just done pretending that corporate loyalty is a two-way street.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Noun
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The match concluded a wild road trip that saw Sporting play three road matches in eight days.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2025
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Clark helped the Fever snap a seven-year playoff drought as Indiana shattered league records for home attendance, road attendance and total attendance.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Trains aren’t running, many planes are delayed or canceled and a stretch of highway is closed because of sinkholes that — who knows? — might lead to a better kind of hell.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Whether along highways or at the entrance of a theme park, lush greenery reinforces Florida’s reputation as a vacation destination.—
Tal Coley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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“Alley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alley. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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