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alleyway

[al-ee-way] / ˈæl iˌweɪ /




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He was walking down an alleyway near the station when he had a near miss with an e-motorbike gang.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The chase eventually led him to an alleyway, where a man on foot also tried to catch the pig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Erfani arrived by car shortly after, parked and walked into the alleyway.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

As he sprinted down an alleyway in April 2020, former Whittier Det.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025

We played in a dusty alleyway, with brick walls on either side, where there wasn't much parental traffic.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

The products of similar training programs, both men were Persian speakers adept at shaking off Iranian surveillance teams in the labyrinth of Tehran’s backstreets and alleyways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Yes, it overlooks a nest of alleyways, and no, management does not like people going up there, and no, I don’t know all my neighbors by name or even sight yet.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Residents have resorted to using orange cones to stop Waymos from driving through alleyways or onto the lots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The smell of rubbish hangs heavy in the air as pickup trucks and handcarts crawl through narrow alleyways, unloading the day's collections while children weave between them chasing footballs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

In his head Palmer plotted a course that, except for the final half block, kept him in alleyways.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli




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