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[street] / strit /


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A large police presence was seen on the street on Friday, which was sealed off behind a cordon.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Videos on social media of the Kryvyi Rig incident showed rescuers rushing to help the wounded on the street outside, as smoke poured out of the building.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

I’ll do that back-to-back because they’re right down the street from each other.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The property sits above the street on two lots which have been tied together through a covenant, and has 13,930 square feet of exterior space.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The street side of the lot was fronted by a long clapboard building that stretched on and on.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

By the end of the second hour—partly spent traversing grid-patterned streets to avoid an accident—I was bewitched.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

The author’s guided tour of the streets of Rome, which helps us see how ubiquitous and visible slavery must have been, is a marvelous exercise in informed imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"I go to streets and move up the street, the photographs of my streets in Wales... I'm always going back there," said the Port Talbot-born Oscar-winner.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The event marked a donation by IndyCar and the Fox Corporation to fund university scholarships, ahead of an IndyCar race through the streets of Washington to mark America's 250th independence anniversary.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

I caught her up, and we walked along another couple of streets.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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