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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).
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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
As those all-white krewes rolled down the main streets of the parade routes, the real Mardi Gras was taking place in the backstreets of the surrounding Black neighborhoods.
—Cierra Chenier, Essence, 12 Feb. 2024
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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
As those all-white krewes rolled down the main streets of the parade routes, the real Mardi Gras was taking place in the backstreets of the surrounding Black neighborhoods.
—Cierra Chenier, Essence, 12 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backstreet
Noun
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Safer streets, stronger neighborhoods, and city services that actually serve.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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The restaurant serves terrific pizza and even better cheesesteaks that draw long lines running down the street or, some days, up the street the other way, just to keep life interesting.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The side streets are packed with little cafés and buzzy restaurants — Sushi Noz, Heidi’s, Hutch & Waldo, Hoexters — and West Village hot spots Cafe Commerce and American Bar have both moved to Lexington.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
18 Feb. 2025
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The offices are a warren of small, cluttered rooms located on a side street downtown.—
David Segal,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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Training involved hours of slow maneuvers in Snapdragon Stadium’s parking lot, as well as escort training, speed training and anything else that allows motorcycle officers to navigate both city and highway traffic while conducting law enforcement operations.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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The northernmost stretches of the road, and other thoroughfares stitching together Fort Worth’s northern outskirts, have had to cope with intense population booms in recent years.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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The investigation has streets blocked around the intersection of two main thoroughfares, Northwest 183rd Street and Northwest Seventh Avenue.—
David J. Neal,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Inside Austin’s bitcoin clubhouse Bitcoin Commons sits on the second floor of the Littlefield Building at the corner of Congress Avenue and Sixth Street — where the broad boulevard to the Capitol collides with the noisy sprawl of Austin’s nightlife district.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
12 Apr. 2025
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At its best, that’s what the Champs Élysées tastes like—like walking the boulevard early summer, the sunlight cascading through the chestnut trees.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
12 Apr. 2025
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The congresswoman and others say the lack of response is part of a broader pattern in which the administration has been moving to sideline Congress and its constitutional power to investigate the executive branch.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2025
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Executive branch heads were directed to report back regularly on its implementation.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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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
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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 23 Apr. 2025.
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