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“I didn’t want that clean, wholesome life ... It felt so fake. I identified with real people, oppressed people who were outside that life. I wanted to taste real life — street life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
If Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s car had taken a different turn on that Sarajevo street in 1914, how might the 20th century have been different?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Ealing Council street cleaner Wayne Broadhurst was described as "a gentle and quiet man"
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Down the street from Bar Roma at a high-end furniture store, retired lawyer Alice Withaar, 65 years old, was looking for a sofa, a coffee table and two side chairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Taking the wash down the street to Quon’s laundry was usually my younger brothers’ job, but extra chores were part of my punishment.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Public transport was operating and a few shops were open, while pro-government forces patrolled the streets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
The only civilian in the surrounding streets is trying to fix a tire on his car, punctured by debris from the blast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
He says his work towards an MBA in business management from the Berlin School of Business and Innovation took his mind off the pressure and noise on the streets of Porto.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
However, the Drumcree parade dispute in Portadown has not descended into disorder or trouble on the streets.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
So they, like the rest of us, have to know which streets they can go down and which ones to avoid.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
