by the side of
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“I was just thinking it was going to be this explosion of different colors,” Silva said by the side of the road overlooking Badwater Basin.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
A group of young people sheltered under a thatched hut by the side of the road, absorbed in a game of poker.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner’s daughter was found by the side of a highway in Palmdale the night she died, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
Simon Sargent, defending, said Pugh had been out drinking and was on his way home when he noticed the mixer and the wheelbarrows by the side of the road.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
We stood on a slope of a wooded hill, and the path wound away before us to a valley, by the side of a running stream.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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