thoroughfare
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In an effort to alleviate congestion, taxis and ride-share services are prohibited from picking up passengers along this main thoroughfare.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Tucked into a residential neighbourhood off of a bustling thoroughfare, the centre is flanked by single-family homes, schools, a park and places of worship.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
In those early years, Black men in livery—many descended from families once enslaved in the area—steered horse carriages down the main thoroughfare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
For activist Golshan Fathi, there was little sign of Nowruz on Gandhi Street, a commercial thoroughfare in north Tehran.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
In the aftermath of the riots, most business owners on Springfield Avenue, the key commercial thoroughfare, didn’t bother to rebuild and left their stores abandoned and boarded up.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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