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Recent Examples of alleyway
Sanchez allegedly attacked Tole in an alleyway, before Tole stabbed Sanchez in self-defense, according to court documents.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 29 Dec. 2025
Like just about every other spot in Kyoto, the second-story wine shop turned after-hours bar tucked down an alleyway was almost impossible to find.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
When Cheeks was in Nashville on April 20, 2024, three men reportedly tried to rob him in an alleyway between Hayes and Church streets in the Midtown area outside of a recording studio.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
The videos showed them flashing guns, being inside a store and the three walking into an alleyway.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 29 Dec. 2025
Like just about every other spot in Kyoto, the second-story wine shop turned after-hours bar tucked down an alleyway was almost impossible to find.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2025
When Cheeks was in Nashville on April 20, 2024, three men reportedly tried to rob him in an alleyway between Hayes and Church streets in the Midtown area outside of a recording studio.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
The videos showed them flashing guns, being inside a store and the three walking into an alleyway.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alleyway
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One of Austin’s best taquerias is moving from its furtive spot in a downtown alley to one of the most famous streets in the city.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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The new buildings housed stores, restaurants, offices, and other businesses, including a cinema and bowling alley.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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An app on her phone showed the brothers’ locations in the same place — down to the cross street — as the reported shooting.—
Sophia Peyser,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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To celebrate the event, the pair took part in a cutting demonstration in the middle of the street.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
1 Feb. 2026
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Bass announced a new clean streets initiative to ‘accelerate beautification’ of major thoroughfares throughout the city.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The proposal for 1000 Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield is the latest in a string of plans to convert the sprawling, 100,000-square-foot building for a use that reflects the town’s vision for creating more storefronts, restaurants and shops along a major thoroughfare in town.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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Surrounded by vast desert, the long and windy road that leads to Nancy Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills is dotted with prickly cacti and attractive houses.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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This combination of road salt and brine helps to prevent the snow and ice from bonding to the pavement, keeping roads from getting too slick and causing car accidents.—
Molly Burford,
Southern Living,
3 Feb. 2026
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Lamont, who tried unsuccessfully to convince legislators in 2019 and 2020 to approve electronic tolling on state highways, warned in November that Connecticut might need to curb borrowing for highway, bridge and rail repairs.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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Many of those original roads have faded away, swallowed by high-speed highways or erased by suburban expansion.—
Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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In Eastport on Monday, neighbors took advantage of sunny weather to break up chunks of ice left in the roadway.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Law enforcement tracked him down after he was spotted on a roadway.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
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Titman, Garcia Flores and Queener were all killed in the same crash on Northgate and Del Paso boulevards, an intersection next to the onramp to Highway 160.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The overall scale and architecture of the resort—vast public areas, wide corridors, and internal boulevards—help with navigation for wheelchair users.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Alleyway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alleyway. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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