thoroughfare

Example Sentences

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For activist Golshan Fathi, there was little sign of Nowruz on Gandhi Street, a commercial thoroughfare in north Tehran.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

Chavez’s name has long been revered in Latino communities like San Francisco’s Mission District, where a major thoroughfare was renamed for him after he died in 1993.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Oil traders and brokers scrambled to assess the extent of the disruption, including whether traffic could still pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital thoroughfare for energy supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Jinjoo could hear them from her house, which was on a side street several blocks from the main thoroughfare.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh