side street
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On Thursday morning, on a dusty side street on the outskirts of Reggio Emilia, in an everyday kind of place, there were crowds lined up behind barriers, awaiting her arrival.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
“We are going to be looking around, and we are staying with the group, not going on a side street, and not gather unnecessarily.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026
I still prefer a side street, but I’ll take the freeway if I have to.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
His book is, on one level, a relic of a lost moment — a time before the Iranian revolution, when Afghanistan was a place a young traveler could "wander down a dreamy side street."
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
Having decided to return home, he was striking down the middle of a side street, almost running, when he heard the phone.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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