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alleyway

noun

Definition of alleyway

as in alley

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Recent Examples of alleyway Detectives reviewed surveillance footage, which showed a white SUV entering the alleyway. — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026 Several individuals from the white sprinter van, who were dressed as construction workers, were said to have used that ruse to gain access to the alleyway and fire escape system located behind the store by entering an East 58th Street building nearby that was under construction. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 June 2026 Aurora police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a 25-year-old during an argument in an alleyway earlier this month, department officials said. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 19 June 2026 After a few hours exploring the Mission District’s colorful alleyway murals and the Mission Dolores complex, which includes structures dating to the colonial era, keep the momentum going with a glass of wine. — Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for alleyway

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Noun

Gauff knocked the ball into a rectangular expanse of blue, as Jović stood in the doubles alley and doubled over to her knees, trying to catch her breath.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Police said the sisters were sitting inside a black Toyota Camry, parked in an alley outside their apartment, when a gunman walked up and opened fire, striking both women.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of alley

Noun

Hundreds of people were getting killed every year at street-level crossings, and to quell the public outcry, the railroads scrambled to elevate freight tracks citywide at their own expense.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Before the terrible day was over firehouses, street corners and parks became mourning places.

— Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Two years later, Wong became one of the key leaders of the city’s Umbrella Movement protests that rallied thousands of predominantly young people to the streets to call for greater democracy by blocking major thoroughfares for 79 straight days.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
At Aizomê, a stylish Japanese restaurant shrouded by a thick wall of trees just off São Paulo’s main thoroughfare, Avenida Paulista, the food is both recognizable to devotees of Japanese cuisine and distinctly Brazilian.

— Tomé Morrissy-Swan, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

Tariffs on cement, road salt and hospital pads were removed and replaced with duties on all-terrain vehicles, some cheeses and motorboats.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Some might be taken on the road and featured in live appearances, or at least have their stories recorded and included in campaign ads.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of road

Noun

Over the course of the holiday, just under a quarter of cars traveling on China’s highways were EVs — up 33% from a year earlier.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Russian outlet Izvestia reported on Sunday that Moscow is upgrading existing rail crossings and considering new highways to handle growing bilateral trade.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of highway

Noun

On Tuesday the city of Malibu reported a sinkhole in a beachfront property driveway on Sea Level Drive, a roadway that abuts the ocean.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The pandemic brought a huge spike in roadway fatalities on the state’s roads, which peaked in 2022.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

The developers have sought an exception to rules around how much parking can front a nearby boulevard, and will be expected to provide extra landscaping and screening to buffer the parking from nearby properties.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
Getting the new library open isn’t as simple, though, as simply trucking boxes of books down the boulevard.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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