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a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
going the wrong way on a one-way street
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Recent Examples of street
Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Attacks on Junkanoo increased during these years, and the colonial government banned all street parading, including Junkanoo, from 1942 to 1947.
—Sasha C. Wells / Made By History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
John Spink, ajc, 24 Feb. 2022
The tree removal is part of a multi-street paving program planned by the city.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
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Boom boxes and street gang insignias and clothing motifs were banned.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Read More: Legacies of Slavery Across the Americas Still Shape Our Politics
Attacks on Junkanoo increased during these years, and the colonial government banned all street parading, including Junkanoo, from 1942 to 1947.
—Sasha C. Wells / Made By History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Earlier this month, the Georgia Department of Public Safety coordinated with state and local law enforcement agencies for the 40th wave of its crime suppression and anti-street racing initiative.
—John Spink, ajc, 24 Feb. 2022
The tree removal is part of a multi-street paving program planned by the city.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
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The cases are in a rural part of Kwango province in southwestern Congo, which has limited access to laboratory testing and is difficult to reach by road, according to the WHO.Aria Bendix, NBC News, 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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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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Winter storm freezes upper Midwest A fast-moving winter storm brought snow, ice, strong winds and bitter cold to much of the upper Midwest, snarling traffic in the Twin Cities and forcing North Dakota officials to shut down an interstate highway.arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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But the sight of a down-and-out Dan Aykroyd in a Santa suit eating a slab of salmon through his grungy cotton-candy beard fills us with the holiday spirit.Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Blasé waves are basically a collision between the old money, quiet luxury, Upper East-Sider aesthetics that have been blowing up on TikTok and the bratty, grungy, rebel movements that have been taking off as an antidote.Elle Turner, Glamour, 5 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 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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Most wine lovers know that the word Sauvignon comes from the French word sauvage and the word blanc simply means white, but most people don’t know the reason is because when untrained vines of the variety have a distinctly unkempt appearance.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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But, as in these United States, the key question remains whether creeping totalitarianism — from the left and the right — will squeeze everyday people out of their inalienable right to just be their sometimes obnoxious, unkempt, idiosyncratic selves.Ed Wallace, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
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Southern Californians can expect to see high wait times at the airports and congested traffic on the freeways during the holidays this year.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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The brother had reportedly tried to stop his sibling from crossing the freeway, according to local Housten news outlet KPRC 2.Becca Longmire, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Slough House is headed by the slovenly, flatulent, and frequently intoxicated Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who routinely heaps verbal abuse on his staff but is nonetheless a brilliant spymaster in his own smelly way.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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Corruption within the organization, after all, is as much a part of the show as Jackson Lamb’s slovenly habits and horrible diet.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 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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“Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/street. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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