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[street] / strit /


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Linda Cardellini knew something was up when a random stranger would shout “Strawberry Breeze!” as she was crossing the street.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

We were in the middle of the street in SoHo …”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

It’s no happenstance that Moynihan regularly jams words such as “gainsay,” “concomitant” and “fantods” into otherwise ordinary sentences when he addresses the street.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Strangers stop McHugh on the street just to ask how he’s holding up.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

A two-reel camera on spindly legs was planted in the middle of the street.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

As an outdoor cat, Charlie would spend her days roaming the streets but one day in April - after recently moving to a new area - she never returned home.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

On the walls where gang members in El Salvador once marked their turf, urban artists are now creating large murals in a traveling festival that fills the streets of the Central American country with color.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Many wear balaclavas as they patrol the city centre streets.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

We bicker about them, but the majority of Americans aren’t in the streets protesting.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Japanese soldiers occupy Manila in the early months of 1942 and establish around-the-clock patrols on main thoroughfares and side streets.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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