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alleyway

[al-ee-way] / ˈæl iˌweɪ /




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Von Hassel was arrested in the previously vandalized alleyway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Kingston Crown Court heard how body-worn camera footage captured Nitisoara being arrested in a nearby alleyway, while Asafeti was found hiding on a rooftop.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Similarly, Longhurst told the court, he was "not sure" how his bike which he had pushed back to his mother's house ended up in an alleyway across the road.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

Fox11 News, which obtained a surveillance video recording of the attack, reported that the incident took place by the 11th Court alleyway near the Hermosa Beach Pier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

To the left of the desk, along the bookcase wall, was a window that looked out onto the alleyway and back yard beyond.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Yes, it overlooks a nest of alleyways, and no, management does not like people going up there, and no, I don’t know all my neighbors by name or even sight yet.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Residents have resorted to using orange cones to stop Waymos from driving through alleyways or onto the lots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The main corridor linking the two golden shrines and the surrounding alleyways were once alive with the murmurs of tourists walking to prayers.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

The brooding menace of his sound adds immeasurably to the film’s suspense, especially when Jo and Ben search frantically through deserted London alleyways for their kidnapped son.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

At lunch she hiked miles within the walled city, around curls and corners of tiny alleyways, up secretive staircases, along crowded thoroughfares smelling of oranges and rose water and damp, mopped stone.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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