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The signage signaling the museum’s presence along one of Pasadena’s busiest thoroughfares was underwhelming and easy to miss, and the landscaping along Colorado Boulevard was overgrown and wide open.

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It’s bisected by La Cienega Boulevard, a thoroughfare that carries six lanes of high-speed traffic through the gritty landscape of the oil field, which feels like a relic of old L.A.

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In the turquoise waters of the South China Sea, one country is challenging Beijing’s grip on one of the world’s most important maritime thoroughfares.

The thieves carried out the heist in broad daylight, parking the lift-mounted truck right at the foot of the Louvre as traffic buzzed by on one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares.

The U.S. military has worked with allies in the region to preserve freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, which is a thoroughfare for about one-third of global maritime trade.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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