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footpath

[foot-path, -pahth] / ˈfʊtˌpæθ, -ˌpɑθ /
NOUN
pathway
Synonyms


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Now that has been achieved, attention has turned to repairing the weir before the "winter flood" and also the footpath to restore access.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

I'd settle for something wonderfully unremarkable: a footpath that simply carries me from one end of the street to the other.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

A video posted to social media of Hearn's arrest shows him standing near a water-pumping hose that is lying across a footpath and speaking to a woman, before walking away and picking up his bike.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

The second gate raises a different question: whether a footpath on Levy’s land, on the lagoon’s edge, is public or private.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

An old, close-bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The protest involved dozens of people walking on public footpaths and then going through a gap in the metal fencing around the site to access the private land.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

BBC Verify analysed the 94 second-long clip, which showed the car driving on footpaths and parkland in Ormesby, Middlesbrough, with Saddington a rear-seat passenger.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

A few steps from the hotel, a cantilevered pedestrian bridge spans Falls Park on the Reedy, a wooded ravine with cascading waterfalls and leafy footpaths.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

"Are footpaths maintained and cleaned? Does the city ensure they aren't encroached upon?" he says.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

There were no roads I could see, or signposts, or even footpaths.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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