thoroughfare
Example Sentences
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Videos posted on social media showed military police officers running down Sao Clemente Street, one of the area's main thoroughfares, carrying rifles.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
In the afternoons, power suddenly grinds to a halt, even on thoroughfares in the busiest cities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
He often sees deer on the main thoroughfares.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
The business is located along one of L.A.’s busiest thoroughfares.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025
Georgia O’Keeffe’s landscapes were of angular skyscrapers and neon thoroughfares, but mostly of the bleached bones, desert shadows, and weathered crosses of rural New Mexico.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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