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pedestrian

[puh-des-tree-uhn] / pəˈdɛs tri ən /


NOUN
person traveling on foot
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Since becoming mayor in January, Mamdani has widened bike lanes, announced plans for new bike boulevards and prioritized improving pedestrian walkways.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

It said there had been issues with a stallion on the cliffs who had repeatedly escaped through a pedestrian gate.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

In the hardest-hit cities, several buildings were marked with a red "X" to warn of the risk of collapse and prohibit pedestrian access.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

She also worked with urban developers on pedestrian bridges and walkways in Kyiv.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The one with the mustache opens the small pedestrian gate for us and stands back, well out of the way, and we pass through.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Through a glass skylight embedded in the sidewalk, I could see pedestrians rushing by on their way to work, while tires screeched in the car park above.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The department halted multiple ongoing projects for “being hostile to vehicles” and ended a grant that would have made a street intersection in Boston safer for pedestrians but could “impede vehicle capacity and speed.”

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

Riders on powerful electric motorbikes are intimidating pedestrians, damaging property and putting people at risk by riding dangerously through towns and villages, communities have warned.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Last month, the area had about a dozen tents, which forced pedestrians to leave the sidewalk and walk on Alameda, where large trucks travel to and from nearby industrial businesses.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Other pedestrians threw me annoyed glances as I skirted around them, and I knew I was drawing attention to myself, but I couldn’t slow down.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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