side street
Example Sentences
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“We are going to be looking around, and we are staying with the group, not going on a side street, and not gather unnecessarily.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
His book is, on one level, a relic of a lost moment — a time before the Iranian revolution, when Afghanistan was a place a young traveler could "wander down a dreamy side street."
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025
But in the Streatham area, Mr Kaba unexpectedly turned into a side street where a marked police vehicle was waiting, with Sgt Blake and other armed officers inside.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
They explain that because the operational firearms commander did not know Sgt Blake and his colleagues were parked in the side street, he would also not have known that they were about to intervene.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
They waded through a lake of pigeons, then maneuvered down a side street of clothing stores and gelato shops.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
