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Recent Examples of alleyway
Milwaukee is mourning the loss of Officer Kendall Corder, who, along with partner Christopher McCray, was ambushed in an alleyway while responding to a report of suspect firing a gun.
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Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
Lone travelers can benefit from having at least one destination in mind — a venue that can serve as a launching point before allowing curiosity, and Rome’s maze of streets and alleyways, to take the lead.
—Daliah Singer, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
This story is as set in stone as Batman’s mother having her pearl necklace scattered in an alleyway.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 11 July 2025
After the YouTuber left the robotaxi, the Tesla vehicle began to navigate out of the tight alleyway leading from the restaurant.
—PC Magazine, 6 July 2025
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Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
Lone travelers can benefit from having at least one destination in mind — a venue that can serve as a launching point before allowing curiosity, and Rome’s maze of streets and alleyways, to take the lead.
—Daliah Singer, Denver Post, 5 June 2025
This story is as set in stone as Batman’s mother having her pearl necklace scattered in an alleyway.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 11 July 2025
After the YouTuber left the robotaxi, the Tesla vehicle began to navigate out of the tight alleyway leading from the restaurant.
—PC Magazine, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alleyway
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The strange microbe, which appeared to use anaerobic respiration even when oxygen was available, was right up his alley.—
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Obviously, this kind of thing is right up your alley.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
23 July 2025
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Outreach workers have already started visiting people in an undisclosed street camp to direct them to housing, a process expected to take four to six weeks for each site, Haring-Cozzi said.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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Tristen Paige Smith, of Cincinnati, was killed in a July 21 shooting on Autumn Drive, a residential street in the city of over 9,000 residents, officials confirmed.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
26 July 2025
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Two summers ago, when torrential rains pounded Connecticut and caused widespread flooding, water gushed out of the lake beyond the existing dam on its way downstream, the culverts under Route 195 at full capacity, water coming close to flooding the main thoroughfare through campus.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
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The largest of the lower-level shops (at 5,300 square feet) in the main retail thoroughfare, will offer books, souvenirs, toys, and to-go food and drink.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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As Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed its 6-foot-tall lunar lander on the moon’s surface around 2:34 a.m. Sunday morning, cheers erupted at the watch party at Haute Spot in Cedar Park, just down the road from where 50 Firefly operators monitored the landing.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Among road games for Carty’s Blue Hens is a trip to Colorado on September 6 and a date at Wake Forest on November 22.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Hill said resort partners and others along the Strip encouraged the pilot and were intrigued about a version of an underground highway stretching to other parts of the city.—
Stuart Dyos,
The Tennessean,
30 July 2025
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The project began to take shape roughly five years ago after the Texas Department of Transportation announced plans to lower I-35 through downtown between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Holly Street as part of a massive expansion of the highway.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The tractor-trailer that was involved in the crash reportedly was carrying thousands of hot dogs that spilled onto the roadway, per NBC News.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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DeSantis’ transportation secretary posted on social media in support of a federal push to rid roadways of LGBTQ+ rainbow interchanges.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2025
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The boulevard, which connected Rosedale to Kansas City, was fast becoming a prime route for Sunday drives in the new age of automobiles. .—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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On the very first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, Mayor John Lindsay took the bold step of closing New York’s grand boulevard — Fifth Ave.—
Sam Schwartz,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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“Alleyway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alleyway. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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