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None of that, however, helps either of us to know where to start with choosing one of the 17 different varieties of cider listed on the blackboard in a backstreet pub that first opened its doors in 1834.
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Stuart James,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Set in a downtown Mexico City backstreet whose inhabitants’ lives are closely interwoven, the film is split into four clear parts.
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Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
Though little more than a tiny room off a backstreet, this Chinatown food shop Nai Mong Hoi Thod is hardly Bangkok's secret.
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Tom Parker Bowles,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 July 2024
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Stuart James,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
Set in a downtown Mexico City backstreet whose inhabitants’ lives are closely interwoven, the film is split into four clear parts.
—
Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
Though little more than a tiny room off a backstreet, this Chinatown food shop Nai Mong Hoi Thod is hardly Bangkok's secret.
—
Tom Parker Bowles,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backstreet
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The exhibit opens Thursday afternoon across the street from a Revolutionary War battlefield linked to the cannons.
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The protest’s matriarch Unlike most of Albania’s protests in over three decades of democracy, the young people on the streets this time are joined by an increasing number of retirees.
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Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.
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Entire buildings and roads were submerged in Accra on Monday, cutting off access to several areas of the Ghanian capital and in the neighboring city of Tema.
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The second car drives onto a side street, stays there for just under two minutes, with the driver even getting out for a few seconds, before taking off.
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The car takes the first right onto a much darker side street.
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
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Work being done along Interstate 494 in Bloomington is just one of 200 projects the Minnesota Department of Transportation has scheduled this summer to fix up highways, bridges and other infrastructure.
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Foot traffic has slowed to a trickle, and the restaurant’s layout — with an almost entirely open wall that looks onto one of Boyle Height’s busiest thoroughfares — isn’t helping.
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Routinely vacuuming and doing quick sweeps with your wet mop can help tide you over until the kids are back in school or your house becomes a little less of a thoroughfare.
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The incident began when Alnaji joined a rally on the corner of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards in support of Palestinians, while Kessler had attended a counter protest in support of Israel, The Times reported.
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On June 20, a masked woman climbed over a wall separating the Israeli Embassy from one of Tirana’s main boulevards, removed the Israeli flag and ripped it apart as onlookers cheered.
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Since Independence Day is a federal holiday, most branches of national banks such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo and CitiBank, among others, will be closed on July 4.
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Each branch was designed to check the power of the others because the Founders did not want to rely only on the voters to check government power.
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Thousands of miles of secondary roads are still paved this way today.
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Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
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