alleyway
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As he sprinted down an alleyway in April 2020, former Whittier Det.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
He is believed to have made off on foot into an alleyway beside the house.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
The first-generation underground churches of a half-century ago met in houses and undisclosed alleyway rooms, gathering by word of mouth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
He said another volunteer had told him there was a "suspicious-looking man" who claimed to have been looking for a nearby pub before "disappearing" down the alleyway next to the building.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
The hands of this God would be bright with flowers that would never die and this God would sing and stutter and limp along an alleyway and pass judgment in the land beside the river.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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 brooding menace of his sound adds immeasurably to the film’s suspense, especially when Jo and Ben search frantically through deserted London alleyways for their kidnapped son.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
In the usually lively alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City, silence reigned on Easter Sunday, the holiday overshadowed by the war.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
The damp, sweaty feeling would leave his head, his legs would obey him and take him where he wanted to go, racing up and down alleyways or along the high street.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
