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
Snag a seat on its charming alley patio, or in the cozy dining room, order a craft cocktail or beer, and get ready to be impressed.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The Royal Check Wine Cooler is right up your alley then, for $40 dollars off.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 July 2025
Clark was then captured on surveillance video parking in an alley behind the apartment the pair were staying, the Chicago Tribune reported, citing prosecutors.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 14 July 2025
The area where the most recent deadly floods struck is known as flash flood alley because of hills and valleys.
—Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The Royal Check Wine Cooler is right up your alley then, for $40 dollars off.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 July 2025
Clark was then captured on surveillance video parking in an alley behind the apartment the pair were staying, the Chicago Tribune reported, citing prosecutors.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 14 July 2025
The area where the most recent deadly floods struck is known as flash flood alley because of hills and valleys.
—Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley
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The Double Log Cabin location was met with concerns from area residents about traffic and safety on surrounding rural and narrow streets such as Gwynn and Smith Roads.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Tristen Paige Smith, of Cincinnati, was killed in a July 21 shooting on Autumn Drive, a residential street in the city of over 9,000 residents, officials confirmed.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
26 July 2025
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As Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed its 6-foot-tall lunar lander on the moon’s surface around 2:34 a.m. Sunday morning, cheers erupted at the watch party at Haute Spot in Cedar Park, just down the road from where 50 Firefly operators monitored the landing.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Several road projects are in progress around the new Department of Veterans Affairs medical center on Brownsboro Road, which is scheduled to open to patients in 2026.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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Videos taken outside the St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday shows travelers waiting in lines extending to the highway.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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There are red arrows drawn on photos of chain link fences and drab village streets, warning me not to go left at the soccer field, but bear right across the highway.—
Rebecca Chace
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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“Alley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alley. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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