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alleyways

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plural of alleyway

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Architectural historians describe Googie style as a bold strain of Mid-Century Modernism, notable for big neon signs and swooping roofs, especially popular among restaurants, bowling alleys and car washes, now increasingly rare.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The good fixers knew where the sniper alleys were, and many of them had grown up with the rebels who were now running the local checkpoints.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of alleys

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The force, which rose to a peak of about 5,000 troops over the summer, has supported arrest operations, patrolled city streets and neighborhoods, and participated in cleanup efforts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Video from the scene obtained by CNN showed ambulances rushing through narrow streets and crowds gathered outside the school building.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of streets

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The resulting long lineups snake out from working gas stations into the main thoroughfares of Moscow and other Russian cities.

— Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Rancho Cordova was awarded more than $3 million in grants from a local agency for two road improvement projects on major city thoroughfares.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoroughfares

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In Chile in 2024, several hundred demonstrators burned tires and blocked coastal highways and railway tracks to protest the early closure of the fishing season, a move partly driven by overfishing tied to fishmeal.

— Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
The red dye also allows a road inspector to detect whether a trucker is evading taxes by using the fuel on highways.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of highways

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Though many travelers think of the Santa Monica Pier as the end of the route, its official terminus from 1935 on was at the intersection of Lincoln and Olympic boulevards, where Mel’s now stands.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Visitors often still liken the city’s walkable streets and historic architecture to European boulevards.

— Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of boulevards

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Low-lying roadways are likely to be flooded, requiring barricades.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026
Less than one percent of Houston’s roadways, for example, fell within the sight pictures of the city’s nearly 4,000 ALPRs in June 2024.

— Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

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