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hallway

[hawl-wey] / ˈhɔlˌweɪ /
NOUN
foyer
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The property spans 10,823 square feet and features a grand foyer with black marble columns, an expansive hallway, and a chic fireplace.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

When I asked if they wanted to visit Delilah at her store, Cosmo would thunder down the hallway toward our front door, while Hook rumbled behind.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

She directed Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer to walk through a door behind her bench leading to a secured hallway.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Those numbers are made real by the dozens of families around us who have no choice but to lie on blankets on the floor, in the hallway.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

“It is for me,” she said, and before I could protest she was heading down the hallway at a jog.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

With their dated decor, hotel-like hallways, overhead ceiling tiles and abandoned office spaces, the Backrooms resemble the overlooked non-places of modern life – spaces many people recognize but rarely notice.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

In a sixth-floor conference room at the end of a maze of hallways in the New York Stock Exchange, Flutter CEO Peter Jackson laid out the firm’s World Cup strategy for Barron’s.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Neuroscience and architecture expert Meredith Banasiak, who researches the link between buildings and human wellbeing, says hallways and doorways often spark this fear.

From BBC May 29, 2026

We’re hearing the music even as we jostle through high-school hallways in our mind, revisiting old crushes and humiliations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Often the hallways were empty, and Conrad and I could run back and forth enjoying ourselves before we went into the library to sit quietly at a table and spend hours looking at books.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals




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