cul-de-sac
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the cul de sac, a street design much in favor with the architects of suburban developments, have become artificial catchments for these highly flammable weeds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
I park on a cul de sac within Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, then wander around for at least 10 minutes, annoyed with myself for always forgetting the exact location where Mami is buried.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024
“Our house is on fire,” Goldman says, and so she steers her SUV to the next door on the cul de sac.
From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2020
From her home in a quiet cul de sac in Plano, Texas, Wilcox runs Women Count USA – a project honoring victims of what she believes to be America’s unseen crisis: femicide.
From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2019
She rush'd to the ante-room, wild to get back, But this cooled her courage, 'twas now cul de sac; And hark!
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