thoroughfare
Example Sentences
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Government cars were parked on the former thoroughfare of Pennsylvania Avenue.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Edinburgh council leader Jane Meagher said she was delighted the thoroughfare was reopening but acknowledged it had been a difficult chapter for the city.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
It eventually jumped Highway 395, a major thoroughfare that brings commuters from rural communities in neighboring Lassen County, Calif., before its progress was stopped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
Soon after nine o’clock of a Saturday morning, kids began spraying out of all the side streets on to Manhattan Avenue, the main thoroughfare.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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