thoroughfare
Example Sentences
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The thoroughfare was partially closed for almost the entirety of the city's festival season after the blaze at the B-listed former Debenhams in the early hours of 9 July.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Crenshaw Boulevard is a main thoroughfare that runs through the Black cultural corridor in South L.A., and Destination Crenshaw seeks to celebrate the legacy and contributions of L.A.’s Black community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
An AFP photographer saw several ambulances heading to the scene, where a main thoroughfare had been closed to traffic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sinn Féin assembly member Danny Baker said the "main thoroughfare was shut down by large groups of young people determined to cause chaos and destruction".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
He turned down the lane toward Petey’s house, set some ways back from the main thoroughfare.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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