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Though little more than a tiny room off a backstreet, this Chinatown food shop Nai Mong Hoi Thod is hardly Bangkok's secret.
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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
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
The taproom lives on an industrial backstreet of Rancho Cordova, tucked away three left turns from the suburb’s Costco, flanked on one side by a sewage center and on another by a sprawling Pick-n-Pull auto yard.
—Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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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
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
The taproom lives on an industrial backstreet of Rancho Cordova, tucked away three left turns from the suburb’s Costco, flanked on one side by a sewage center and on another by a sprawling Pick-n-Pull auto yard.
—Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Northern Man became famous last year for organizing a mass street protest opposing the construction of a large mosque near Moscow.Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Listen to this article Loading your audio article Milwaukee Bucks stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard were in street clothes on Thursday, which gave the shorthanded Nets a major tactical advantage in their first trip to Fiserv Forum this season.C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
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After the loss, the Broncos turned around for a road Thursday night game, mastering the difficult condensed week to defeat the Saints in New Orleans on Oct. 17.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Every heat pump installed has the equivalent climate impact of taking two gas vehicles off the road.Susan Miller, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
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Drivers have seen the trucks using Ritter Avenue and side streets as parking lots or to reach the center.Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Odyssey Pier Museum, located on a side street in Sumy’s historic center, is an eclectic exhibition space.Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
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Transportation-data firm INRIX says travel times on the nation's highways could be up to 30% longer than normal over the holidays, with Sunday expected to see the heaviest traffic.CBS News, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Williamson County was among other local highway departments already surveying roads for potholes as snow and ice melts.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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The iconic, story-high Julius fountain in the main thoroughfare is drained, with no sign of construction.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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The hotel is a few short, walkable blocks from Avenida Paulista, one of the city’s main thoroughfares, bustling with pedestrians, a botanical garden, and many shops and restaurants.Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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The main boulevards there and in Temple City are lined with strip malls featuring Asian supermarkets and Chinese regional cuisines.Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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In October, Cleveland received a $60 million grant from Buttigieg's DOT for the first phase of that project, transforming the Shoreway into a pedestrian-friendly boulevard.Sam Allard, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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Movement on the issue, however, seems unlikely as Republicans are set to take control of the Senate in January, highlighting the challenges of imposing restrictions on a separate branch of government amid declining public confidence in the Court.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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State ethics laws prohibit members of the executive branch from accepting gifts, including travel reimbursements, from lobbyists and their employers. Expenses for the trip paid by Alliance Defending Freedom totaled about $1,900, according to the governor’s office.Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Taking secondary roads with lower speed limits or postponing travel during squall warnings are advised.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Steward’s walk was the real deal: a four-hour amble along secondary roads past farmsteads and olive groves, the undulating terrain fanning out around us on all sides.Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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