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hallway

[hawl-wey] / ˈhɔlˌweɪ /
NOUN
foyer
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When I asked if they wanted to visit Delilah at her store, Cosmo would thunder down the hallway toward our front door, while Hook rumbled behind.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The office hallway lowers the cost of a first conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Those numbers are made real by the dozens of families around us who have no choice but to lie on blankets on the floor, in the hallway.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Then he rushed down the hallway to see Galyn Susman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The door opened wider, and we saw then a lady in a dressing gown, coming down a huge wide staircase, and then hurrying towards us across the hallway.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

With their dated decor, hotel-like hallways, overhead ceiling tiles and abandoned office spaces, the Backrooms resemble the overlooked non-places of modern life – spaces many people recognize but rarely notice.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

In a sixth-floor conference room at the end of a maze of hallways in the New York Stock Exchange, Flutter CEO Peter Jackson laid out the firm’s World Cup strategy for Barron’s.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Neuroscience and architecture expert Meredith Banasiak, who researches the link between buildings and human wellbeing, says hallways and doorways often spark this fear.

From BBC May 29, 2026

The hallways lead to more hallways, the overhead fluorescents whine like hornets.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

In silence, Ekon followed Brother Ugo out of his room and through the temple’s stone-walled hallways.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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