thoroughfare
Example Sentences
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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
Iran warned vessels not to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a vital thoroughfare for nearly a fifth of global petroleum supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 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
AFP reporters saw residents conducting business as normal in the shops of Vali-Asr, the grand thoroughfare that crosses the city from north to south.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
As usual there was chaos in the main thoroughfare.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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