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backstreets

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plural of backstreet

as in streets

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Celebrities are still wearing them too, including the actress Zoë Kravitz, who has been photographed in them on New York City streets, and Meghan Markle, who sported a slip skirt for the recent release of her As Ever advent calendar on Instagram.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
Spotted out in New York City, the actor and recent beauty brand founder appeared to have taken the comforts of home quite literally onto the streets.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of streets

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Kyiv has accused Russian forces of mining nearby roads and using the remaining residents as human shields to prevent Ukraine’s army from conducting offensive operations in the town.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
Response teams are battling armed conflict, poor roads and violence from residents fueled by mistrust and misinformation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of roads

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The records show that for nearly three years now, Florida’s highways have been racing with troopers’ black-and-tan patrol cars chasing drivers, even for non-violent offenses, leaving a trail of severe crashes, injuries and deaths.

— Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Oklahoma's Highway Patrol signed all of its troopers on to 287(g), giving their officers the power to stop a driver and potentially make an immigration arrest on state highways.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of highways

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Chu recommends the side streets near popular thoroughfares for less traffic and therefore more generous candy offerings.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of thoroughfares

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At the Paris protest on Saturday, a row of police in riot gear led the crowd along the authorized route down boulevards on the city’s outskirts.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
It is assigned to Fire Station 85, the district’s administrative and emergency response headquarters, at the intersection of Wilson and El Dorado Hills boulevards.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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In response to questions for this story, individual service branches initially directed CNN to the Pentagon for information about the guidance families receive from the military when navigating divorce and child custody in foreign courts.

— Brianna Keilar, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
The Democratic Party branches in Orange and Riverside counties make no mention of the race in their official endorsement guides.

— Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

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Companies like CureMetrix use these AI tools to also look for calcium deposits in the breast arteries, which is linked to higher risk of cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026
These compounds may help protect the cells lining blood vessels and improve the ability of arteries to relax and expand, which can lower blood pressure and reduce strain on the heart.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

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