alley
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He worked out of what looked like a dentist’s office in a dark, empty office building in Newark, which she entered through a side entrance in an alley.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
He said Adriana was driving and pulled into the alley that led to the parking lot of their apartment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Their most pointed objection is to the proposed entrance, a rear alley used by residents to reach their gardens and by The Crown pub for deliveries.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Or they can stroll down the nearby Paved Court, the same cobblestone alley where Lasso lived during the first three seasons of the show.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
All at once the bell in the alley rang.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"All over the streets and alleys, you see quite a few people -- both adults and kids -- carrying guitar cases, probably on their way to guitar lessons."
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Street food isn’t just hawker carts and smoke-filled alleys.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
When we join him for another operation he's lying in wait getting a bird's eye view of the back alleys from a drone.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Bradley Barcola, brought in for his pace, ran down blind alleys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
They had hoped to find the square outside Capricorn's house empty, but as they were about to enter it from one of the alleys, they saw a half-dozen men were standing outside the church.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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