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View definitions for cul-de-sac

cul-de-sac

noun as in street closed at one end

noun as in deadend

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When news a rare American songbird had been spotted in a sleepy West Yorkshire cul-de-sac eager ornithologists converged on the quiet street faster than a falcon in free fall.

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Crowds of birdwatchers flocked to a quiet cul-de-sac after a rare sighting of a species perched on a garden washing line.

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Outside, there was little traffic in the cul-de-sac, meaning the boys could run around carefree with little perceptible danger.

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“We need to act like it. We need to be seen once again as an innovative, future-focused, world-class community that is leading the way, always moving forward, not stuck at the end of a cul-de-sac wondering why we hit a dead end.”

When the man ran off, Razaq pursued him in an Audi along with other accomplices and drove into his victim again when they caught up with him in a nearby cul-de-sac.

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

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