thoroughfare

Example Sentences

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Iran agreed to reopen the vital thoroughfare during the two-week truce, but said it would maintain "dominion" over it.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The other spectators watched the show on a dozen screens installed further down the road, all the way to the main thoroughfare blocks away.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The triptych is along the wall in a main thoroughfare of the museum facing the floor-to-ceiling windows that form part of the building’s bridge over Wilshire Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

For the purposes of “Crime 101,” that thoroughfare is reimagined as a quick escape route rather than the choked pipeline of sludge more familiar from reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Finally, a sharp right down the service road into the main thoroughfare, where by heart she boarded the bus.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez