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thoroughfare

[thur-oh-fair, -uh-fair, thuhr-] / ˈθɜr oʊˌfɛər, -əˌfɛər, ˈθʌr- /


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Their frustrations deepened after two 19th-century family burial sites in Thoroughfare that are still in use were disturbed by development.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2021

Farewell to Our Thoroughfare | Jan. 11: Drivers and bicyclists gathered for one last ride on Seattle’s beloved Alaskan Way Viaduct on Jan. 11.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2019

The $11.5 million-project was funded by the City of Tupelo’s Major Thoroughfare Program and a $2.3 million transportation enhancement grant from the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2017

On the evening of the summer solstice of 2013, I moored my sailboat in the Fox Islands Thoroughfare, one of the most beautiful places I know.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 5, 2014

It was a strange gathering altogether, and made one think again of the remark so often repeated in "No Thoroughfare," "How small the world is."

From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by Walker, James Herbert




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