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avenue

[av-uh-nyoo, -noo] / ˈæv əˌnyu, -ˌnu /


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South Wales Police said officers were called to Countisbury Avenue in Llanrumney at around 01:45 BST on Monday.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“Vehicular and pedestrian traffic will be closed from West 30th Street to West 35th Street between 6th Avenue and 8th Avenue,” the New York Police Department posted on social media.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Among department stores, Bloomingdale’s has the biggest geographical overlap with Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus stores, according to a report from Jefferies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The week before Los Angeles’ mayoral primary, a Spencer Pratt campaign van turned up on Hyperion Avenue, the road that separates the Los Feliz and Silver Lake neighborhoods on the city’s Eastside.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Agent Andrus drove Jake in a sleek black sedan to the FBI’s flag-draped, no-nonsense, honeycomb-of-concrete headquarters building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein




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