side street
Example Sentences
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On Thursday morning, on a dusty side street on the outskirts of Reggio Emilia, in an everyday kind of place, there were crowds lined up behind barriers, awaiting her arrival.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“We are going to be looking around, and we are staying with the group, not going on a side street, and not gather unnecessarily.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
"It was coming down the side street off the side of the pub like a river. It was bringing bins, bricks and debris down the street."
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025
I still prefer a side street, but I’ll take the freeway if I have to.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025
Zooming past one side street, Otto spotted Missus Nedraw in a wrestling match with her mirror tentacles and thought, This is the worst last day of summer ever, for everyone.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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