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 Responding firefighters struggled to get into the alley which was locked up and attempted to get to the boy through tenants’ windows. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026 No one knows why Kevin Redd, a 32-year-old youth football coach and restaurant worker, was shot three times and left for dead in a Northeast Washington alley one night in 2020. — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 17 July 2026 The last little bit before Dadeland South is also unfinished and awaiting the end of station construction, so users must navigate a narrow alley between fences and then a maze of signs and traffic cones to reach it. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026 Think of traditional venues, like bars, movie theaters, and bowling alleys, which have thinned out over the years. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for alley

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Noun

The picture will brighten considerably if one of those players, Macario, who wore street clothes, can make it back this season and show the form that earned her the largest contract in NWSL history.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
That evening, midnight-shift officers spotted the animal trotting on a residential street in the area and slowly pursued it in a patrol vehicle, some of which was shown in a short video clip the police department posted on social media Friday.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 July 2026

Definition of street

Noun

What’s different this time is getting to the Diner, as both Santa Monica Blvd (which the Diner faces) and Sunset Blvd are seeing extended road work – some of it due to a water main that burst on July 16.

— Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Two Boston city councilors are pushing for a change in city law that would require Mayor Michelle Wu to report street projects annually as Wu faces criticism for stalling road work before a city employee was killed by a truck.

— Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of road

Noun

Large cracks appeared on major roads, including an elevated highway, and a goods train derailed, according to NHK, while rail ‌services were halted and flights grounded.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
While the advanced driving settings on the highway felt unpredictable and inconsistent, the interior tech on the massive 56-inch Hyperscreen touchscreen was reliably, well, visible.

— Sasha Lekach, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026