thoroughfare

Example Sentences

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Iran agreed to reopen the vital thoroughfare during the two-week truce, but said it would maintain "dominion" over it.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial thoroughfare for the Gulf’s energy exports, has been a focus of the diplomatic efforts, the Arab officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The other spectators watched the show on a dozen screens installed further down the road, all the way to the main thoroughfare blocks away.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The complex gained fame as an arresting sight on the L.A. skyline, a graffiti-covered oddity on Figueroa Street — the wide thoroughfare that connects downtown’s financial district with L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

We lived between 121st and 122nd Streets, just three blocks from 125th Street, Harlem’s main thoroughfare.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers