thoroughfare
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This bustling thoroughfare is filled with independent south Asian shops, cars, shoppers and a strong community spirit.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
The rear entrance of the Trinity Centre is opposite the railway station, and leads through to the Granite City's main thoroughfare, Union Street.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
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
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
He hurried down the Street of the Crooked Dog and into the dusty thoroughfare, which was stained pink with dawn and already dotted with the scurrying figures of men on their way to work.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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