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[street] / strit /


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In this case, Kyodo reported that a police officer questioned and detained the suspect as he walked alone on a street in Naha's entertainment district late Saturday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

“I didn’t want that clean, wholesome life ... It felt so fake. I identified with real people, oppressed people who were outside that life. I wanted to taste real life — street life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

If Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s car had taken a different turn on that Sarajevo street in 1914, how might the 20th century have been different?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

But a new wave of large-scale military mobilisations could trigger street protests, he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

I look over his shoulder, attempting to see what street we’re on.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Public transport was operating and a few shops were open, while pro-government forces patrolled the streets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The streets in the Lukyanivka district are empty and almost completely dark, save for the red taillights of a municipal garbage truck beginning its shift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Its narrow, labyrinthine streets are lined with stone buildings that blend Swahili, Arabic, Persian, Indian and European building styles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"There is a lot of anger in the streets," said a spokesperson for the Valencia Tenants' Union, where a demonstration has already started.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Now the limousine was threading the narrow streets of Haarlem.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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