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footpath

[foot-path, -pahth] / ˈfʊtˌpæθ, -ˌpɑθ /
NOUN
pathway
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I'd settle for something wonderfully unremarkable: a footpath that simply carries me from one end of the street to the other.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Anthony travelled back across London, arrived at East Finchley, and turned into the narrow footpath beside the railway line - a shortcut towards home.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

A video posted to social media of Hearn's arrest shows him standing near a water-pumping hose that is lying across a footpath and speaking to a woman, before walking away and picking up his bike.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

The second gate raises a different question: whether a footpath on Levy’s land, on the lagoon’s edge, is public or private.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

Harpers Ferry is the headquarters of the Appalachian Trail Conference, overseers of the noble footpath to which I had dedicated my summer.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

The picture above was taken by a man who posted on social media about "morons on electric bikes" scaring a nearby horse, external as they rode illegally on public footpaths.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The protest involved dozens of people walking on public footpaths and then going through a gap in the metal fencing around the site to access the private land.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Residents have described riders performing wheelies and riding on pavements and footpaths at high speed, often while wearing balaclavas.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

A few steps from the hotel, a cantilevered pedestrian bridge spans Falls Park on the Reedy, a wooded ravine with cascading waterfalls and leafy footpaths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

This park had more trees, streams, hills, bridges and footpaths than it knew what to do with.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore




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