a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building
airline passengers had to pass through the security checkpoints before being allowed in the concourse
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Recent Examples of concourseTo that end, DIA designers have increased seating close to shops in the terminal and the three concourses.—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 9 June 2026 Reports say the attack happened on the NJ Transit concourse in the station.—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 8 June 2026 The ratio of people in the stands to those milling around the concourse has shifted towards the latter.—Nick Miller, New York Times, 5 June 2026 At the combine, as executives and scouts furrowed their brows and furtively took notes, Mann and I stood on the concourse, watching team personnel watch prospects work out.—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for concourse
The Eastern Pacific remains a key corridor for narcotics trafficking, with criminal organizations frequently using small vessels to move drugs toward North America.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Today, if an earthquake were to travel through the Cajon Pass and along both faults, scientists say the consequences would be severe and widespread, affecting critical infrastructure such as major highways, railways and energy corridors over several cities simultaneously.
Beyond that there are long hallways with white tile floors and white walls that lead to rooms full of loud machines taking in, transforming and distributing large amounts of electricity throughout the building.
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David Wade,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Harold messaged the landlord’s son, asking for security footage of the hallway to see if anything suspicious might turn up.