footpath
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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
Anthony travelled back across London, arrived at East Finchley, and turned into the narrow footpath beside the railway line - a shortcut towards home.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
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
On the banks of the fish pond, Bibi fell to the footpath.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Locals also voiced concerns about how the development might impact the views of the surrounding area, increase traffic and impede access to nearby bridleways and public footpaths.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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
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
Now I live in Gurugram, where footpaths vanish into rubble and garbage, are abruptly blocked by parked vehicles or construction, or sit uncomfortably high above the road.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The footpaths we followed spent a lot of time in the woods but also emerged at obliging intervals to take us along sunny back roads and over stiles and through farm fields and hamlets.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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