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alley

noun as in narrow passage

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Pop-up clinics were being held in places like bowling alleys and fire stations, Mr Burton told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, adding that the vaccine was "quick, easy and safe".

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Over the years, a host of presidents have made renovations, from a bowling alley to an indoor swimming pool.

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Her finger is broadcast, aiming heavenward, on flat screens scattered around the show, like a motion detector that turns on lights in a dark alley to silently alert passersby of their endangered status.

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‘The public imagines a black market in a shadowy alley, but for most stolen jewelry, the black market is the mainstream market.’

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A Bloomberg study found that wholesale electricity prices in Baltimore, which sits near the “data center alley” of northern Virginia, have risen more than 125% over the past five years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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