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bridle path

noun

Definition of bridle path

as in street

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Recent Examples of bridle path She was discovered on the bridle path by a motorist who got her to Illinois Central Hospital, where she was found to be uninjured. — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023 The scenic nine-mile Ojai Valley Trail offers a paved side for bicyclists, joggers, and walkers, with a dirt bridle path for horseback riding running alongside it. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023 While the main trail is paved from point to point, there’s an eight-mile unpaved alternate trail that starts just south of the Skokie Lagoons following an old dirt bridle path. — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2022 Known as the Fens Pond Bridge, the old bridle path once marked the edge of Boston, a city Frederick Law Olmsted, more than a century in the grave, continues to shape. — Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022 Its situation at the intersection of San Pedro and Basse was considered ideal for its proximity to Olmos Park, Fort Sam Houston and Brackenridge Park, to which it was supposed to be connected by bridle paths. — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 22 June 2019

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Noun

Hundreds of people were getting killed every year at street-level crossings, and to quell the public outcry, the railroads scrambled to elevate freight tracks citywide at their own expense.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Before the terrible day was over firehouses, street corners and parks became mourning places.

— Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Tariffs on cement, road salt and hospital pads were removed and replaced with duties on all-terrain vehicles, some cheeses and motorboats.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Some might be taken on the road and featured in live appearances, or at least have their stories recorded and included in campaign ads.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of road

Noun

On Tuesday the city of Malibu reported a sinkhole in a beachfront property driveway on Sea Level Drive, a roadway that abuts the ocean.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The pandemic brought a huge spike in roadway fatalities on the state’s roads, which peaked in 2022.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

Dependency has overtaken intrusion as the most common route to an outage.

— Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The situation can be extra frustrating in 2026, as most carriers have significantly raised the cost of checking luggage on domestic and short-haul international routes to an average of $45 for the first bag.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of route

Noun

Two years later, Wong became one of the key leaders of the city’s Umbrella Movement protests that rallied thousands of predominantly young people to the streets to call for greater democracy by blocking major thoroughfares for 79 straight days.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
At Aizomê, a stylish Japanese restaurant shrouded by a thick wall of trees just off São Paulo’s main thoroughfare, Avenida Paulista, the food is both recognizable to devotees of Japanese cuisine and distinctly Brazilian.

— Tomé Morrissy-Swan, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

Our offensive weapons give Kyler a perfect runway to land the plane, finally settling into an environment that can nurture his skill set and get a payday in a prove-it year.

— Adam Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Rodarte is showing on the runway; the short-form video platform du jour was Vine, and no one was more famous than Cameron Dallas, a catwalk and front-row habitué who hinted at the future of TikTok stars.

— Irene Kim, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2026

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