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footpath

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

Enda Dolan, 18, was in his first term at Queen's University Belfast when he was struck by a van that mounted the footpath in 2014.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Headlines were made around the world earlier this week when an Amazon delivery driver followed his GPS and ended up stuck in the mud on what has been described as Britain's deadliest footpath.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

A delivery van appeared to be stuck on mudflats, which locals described as the "deadliest footpath in Britain".

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

There was a path of sorts, a meandering footpath of cracked stones overgrown with moss, half-buried beneath blown dirt and fallen leaves and made treacherous by thick brown roots pushing up from underneath.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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