live on the street(s)
idiom
: to be homeless
He lost his job and eventually was living on the street(s).
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Quick Read Deep Read ( 4 Min. ) Fantastic Negrito’s new album is about his experience running away from home to live on the streets.
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Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
The film also challenges the misconception that unhoused people prefer to live on the streets.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Residents who live on the street are left with the mess of countless broken balloons littering the street, along with urine and feces in their yards, and some of the crowd already inebriated during the morning event, city staff said.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 June 2024
People who live on the street tend to greet him with a kind of recognition.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
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Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
The film also challenges the misconception that unhoused people prefer to live on the streets.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Residents who live on the street are left with the mess of countless broken balloons littering the street, along with urine and feces in their yards, and some of the crowd already inebriated during the morning event, city staff said.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 June 2024
People who live on the street tend to greet him with a kind of recognition.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
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“Live on the street(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20on%20the%20street%28s%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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