back alley
Example Sentences
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The back-and-forth fosters confusion but also distrust, she said: "It further perpetuates the myth of like, the sketchy abortion doctor in the back alley."
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
“We can play a defensive game if we have to. And I think we can play a back alley game, too.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2025
Shawn Younker, incarcerated in Pennsylvania, writes, “We might as well be rummaging the dusty old leftovers in some thrift store or back alley dumpster.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2024
Finally, an acquaintance refers her to a Paris abortionist off a literal back alley, where she has the procedure at 12 weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2022
Instead of running to the door, she went around to the back alley, which connected to the rear yard, her hands fumbling as they unlatched the back gate.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
