thoroughfare
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Government cars were parked on the former thoroughfare of Pennsylvania Avenue.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
An AFP photographer saw several ambulances heading to the scene, where a main thoroughfare had been closed to traffic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
He wants to install a riverfront park, an entertainment district, apartments and a promenade connecting the river to downtown, which are now divided by a broad thoroughfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It means the city's main thoroughfare will be shut to buses between Frederick Street and South Charlotte Street into August when hundreds of thousands of visitors arrive for the International Festival and Festival Fringe.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Their tent seemed to be pitched right alongside a kind of thoroughfare to the field, and Ministry members kept hurrying up and down it, greeting Mr. Weasley cordially as they passed.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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