backstreet

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Recent Examples of backstreet The British chef was based out of a little house in the backstreets (one my dad pointed out to me on one of our sunrise strolls) and visited businesses around town on screen (including popping in to see Patrick at Bar Tabac des Alpilles). Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024 To get us to the sketchy backstreets of our comfort zones. Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2024 Though little more than a tiny room off a backstreet, this Chinatown food shop Nai Mong Hoi Thod is hardly Bangkok's secret. Tom Parker Bowles, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024 Now, passengers can embark upon the Wild Malaysia itinerary, a three-night round-trip from Singapore that travels north through Malaysia’s jungles, allowing passengers to disembark in the rainforests of Taman Negara National Park and wander the smoky backstreets and old quarters of Penang Island. Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for backstreet
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The offices are a warren of small, cluttered rooms located on a side street downtown.
    David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Took long walks around the neighborhood, with its sloping side streets and telephone wires and tiny patio gardens.
    Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The highway segment sees average daily traffic volumes ranging from 48,000 vehicles at its north end, near C-470, to 30,000 around Highlands Ranch Parkway, according to state traffic data.
    John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Here’s your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Located in a strip mall along the busy thoroughfare, the store had debuted in fall of 2020.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the nonprofit Brennan Center for Justice, said the Trump administration's potential use of state secrets privilege could revive a decades-old conflict about the judicial branch's role in national security issues.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Parker said most highways are in decent shape, and road crews will focus on frontage and secondary roads.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025

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“Backstreet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstreet. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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