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
Michelle went on and on extolling Villanueva’s supposed virtues, until I realized what she was doing: The sheriff had escaped through a back alley and into a getaway car.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2022
He’d even kept a stray donkey in the back alley for a few days, wanting it to be his, to take care of it.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
