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Recent Examples of alleyway
The county has resisted approval of the pedestrian promenade, citing safety concerns over the diversion of traffic to a nearby alleyway.
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
Police found his car in an alleyway, and inside was a notebook with traces of pepper spray on it, as well as the siblings’ fingerprints, officials said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
Its windows look out across an alleyway toward the West Wing.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
While most of Tyre’s 125,000 residents fled during the war, the city’s Christian quarter, nestled alongside the harbor with its winding alleyways, was one of the few neighborhoods where some people remained.
—Euan Ward, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
Police found his car in an alleyway, and inside was a notebook with traces of pepper spray on it, as well as the siblings’ fingerprints, officials said.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
Its windows look out across an alleyway toward the West Wing.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
While most of Tyre’s 125,000 residents fled during the war, the city’s Christian quarter, nestled alongside the harbor with its winding alleyways, was one of the few neighborhoods where some people remained.
—Euan Ward, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alleyway
Noun
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It’s accessed via an alley just beside Igreja de São Miguele and is surrounded by narrow winding streets full of taverns, shops, and eateries.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the meantime, hit the comments and tell us if The Dealer sounds up your alley.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the heart of West Philadelphia, where Will Smith was born and raised, there is now a street named in his honor.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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As part of the sale, KB Home agreed to name streets after several of the farming families that occupied the space.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Nashville Public Library has unveiled an oral history of Music Row featuring the executives and industry insiders who know the iconic thoroughfare best.—
Nate Rau,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
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Located in a strip mall along the busy thoroughfare, the store had debuted in fall of 2020.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Mar. 2025
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The back-bone contusion that prematurely ended his 2024-25 campaign after 30 games stemmed from a fall during a Mar. 19 road win vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Foreign assistance has started to arrive, but efforts have been stifled by buckled roads, collapsed bridges and downed cell towers.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Here’s what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2025
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Fires by San Diego highways show there’s a long way to go.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yet maintaining scenic Palos Verdes Drive South has become an increasingly costly, and practically constant, endeavor as the forces behind a relentless landslide continue to crack, shift and warp the two-lane roadway.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The zone includes anything within a 30-mile radius of Beverly and La Cienega boulevards (the historic home of the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers), as well as certain other locations like Castaic, Pomona and the Ontario airport.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2025
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Spend the afternoon strolling the scenic Venice Canals, which were built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney, and his eponymous boulevard, which has become a haven for designers local as well as far-flung.—
Sheila Yasmin Marikar,
AFAR Media,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Alleyway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alleyway. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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