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footpath

[foot-path, -pahth] / ˈfʊtˌpæθ, -ˌpɑθ /
NOUN
pathway
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A series of messages guided him to a wad of cash hidden under some rubbish near the entrance to a footpath tunnel.

From BBC Jul. 29, 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 next morning, Natland travelled by taxi to Huddersfield and was sent a video by a Signal user showing where cash had been hidden near a footpath underpass.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

The Princess of Wales's brother-in-law has told a planning inquiry his family home needs a higher level of security in a row over part of its drive being designated a public footpath.

From BBC May 28, 2026

And now he was whipping through the grass, which had become a green blur, hanging on with all his strength as the quad carried him back toward the footpath.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Residents have described riders performing wheelies and riding on pavements and footpaths at high speed, often while wearing balaclavas.

From BBC Aug. 20, 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

Roads therefore impose a corresponding duty on the state to provide safe footpaths.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

So when India's Supreme Court declared in June that the right to walk safely on designated footpaths was a fundamental right, external, it felt less like judicial activism than common sense arriving decades late.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Some girl was walking along one of the footpaths.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore




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