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Recent Examples of backstreet
Like Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, the drama emphasizes the risks of backstreet terminations as well as the shame and expense that prevent access.
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Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024
Bodrum town center is known for its harbor and narrow backstreets full of merchants and bars.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 8 Sep. 2024
The British chef was based out of a little house in the backstreets (one my dad pointed out to me on one of our sunrise strolls) and visited businesses around town on screen (including popping in to see Patrick at Bar Tabac des Alpilles).
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
To get us to the sketchy backstreets of our comfort zones.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2024
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Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024
Bodrum town center is known for its harbor and narrow backstreets full of merchants and bars.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 8 Sep. 2024
The British chef was based out of a little house in the backstreets (one my dad pointed out to me on one of our sunrise strolls) and visited businesses around town on screen (including popping in to see Patrick at Bar Tabac des Alpilles).
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
To get us to the sketchy backstreets of our comfort zones.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backstreet
Noun
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Maybe they're just done pretending that corporate loyalty is a two-way street.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Officers had been dispatched about four minutes earlier after a 911 caller reported a man waving a handgun in the street and pointing it at people near the 200 block of North B Street.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
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The match concluded a wild road trip that saw Sporting play three road matches in eight days.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2025
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Musk says that to solve traffic issues, roads must go 3D, which means either flying cars or tunnels are needed.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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The picture itself features a beautiful young woman, wearing a dress and smoking a cigarette, next to two men sitting at a table which has multiple pints of beer, on a side street which has multiple tables of people eating and drinking outdoors.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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Caffè Monte Baldo Located on a quiet side street, this historic wine bar has a vast selection of cicchetti (Venetian tapas) to pair with wines by the glass or bottle.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2025
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Whether along highways or at the entrance of a theme park, lush greenery reinforces Florida’s reputation as a vacation destination.—
Tal Coley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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Trains aren’t running, many planes are delayed or canceled and a stretch of highway is closed because of sinkholes that — who knows? — might lead to a better kind of hell.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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The two facilities take up a city block along St. Charles Avenue, the thoroughfare famous for its streetcars, Mardi Gras parades and Queen Anne mansions.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
12 Apr. 2025
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The property adjacent to 159th Street, a major thoroughfare in the village, is now zoned for commercial development, but the village hasn’t seen any interest from potential businesses in part due to its shallow depth from 159th Street and two existing ponds, village documents said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But with the addition of meaty tires, the result is bobbling side to side on uneven pavement, and the occasional entertaining hop over water channels at boulevard intersections.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Paseo del Prado is about more than museums—this boulevard is also home to the Royal Botanical Garden.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But the law bars the executive branch from using the Internal Revenue Service to target any particular taxpayer.—
Luke Garrett,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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The plaintiffs alleged that USIP staffers are not federal workers because the agency is independent of the executive branch and that DOGE's actions—from forcefully gaining access to USIP's buildings to ousting the agency's staff and replacing them with people affiliated with DOGE—violated the law.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Parker said most highways are in decent shape, and road crews will focus on frontage and secondary roads.—
Remington Miller,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Backstreet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstreet. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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