alley
Example Sentences
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An adoring crowd stretched out the door, down East Washington Street and into a nearby alley.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
The back-and-forth fosters confusion but also distrust, she said: "It further perpetuates the myth of like, the sketchy abortion doctor in the back alley."
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
They went at each other like cats fighting in an alley.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
They drove off down an alley when guards appeared.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
At lunch one day, looking through the thin curtain, I thought I saw a figure standing just outside in the alley.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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