alley
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Old businesses grew, and new ones opened, including even a tech Silicon Alley.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The inquest heard that the body of Wright, from Stanford-le-Hope, was found in Bang Thao 2 Alley, Choeng Thale sub-district, Thalang district, in the province of Phuket.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Meteorologists across Tornado Alley are racing to close a critical gap in storm tracking—a lack of continuous data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Yet the Alley persists in spite of all this.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Hagrid must have forgotten to tell him something you had to do, like tapping the third brick on the left to get into Diagon Alley.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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