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Recent Examples of backstreet
The scent successfully imagines itself as a night spent meandering some new city, getting lost under the stars and city lights, and yet you’re never lost in those backstreets, no matter how foreign.
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Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
By Elizabeth Logan March 10, 2025 Paras Griffin/Getty Images
Is backstreet back?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
Lamai Fresh Coconut Ice Cream Located on a backstreet in Lamai, this mom-and-pop shop is all about vegan ice cream made with coconut milk.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025
Like Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, the drama emphasizes the risks of backstreet terminations as well as the shame and expense that prevent access.
—Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024
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Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
By Elizabeth Logan March 10, 2025 Paras Griffin/Getty Images
Is backstreet back?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
Lamai Fresh Coconut Ice Cream Located on a backstreet in Lamai, this mom-and-pop shop is all about vegan ice cream made with coconut milk.
—Christina Liao, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025
Like Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, the drama emphasizes the risks of backstreet terminations as well as the shame and expense that prevent access.
—Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backstreet
Noun
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Stately homes line streets, and small businesses dot the downtown.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
26 May 2025
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Trump arrived by Marine One helicopter as more than 100 protesters at the Trump National Golf Club crowded along the edge of the parking lot along the street.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
Noun
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But, the fastest ever pure-petrol road car at the first attempt is a pretty good result too.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Inside the cozy cockpit, leather, burl wood, and side curtains with sliding plastic windows take the driver back many decades to a time when radios were an optional nuisance—all that mattered was the vehicle and the road.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
Noun
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On side streets, getting from my apartment to hers could take up to an hour or longer in traffic.—
May Wilkerson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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Parking will be available on side streets only, and short-term lane closures on Arcade Street between Wheelock Parkway and Maryland Avenue are likely.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There are about 545 active capital projects planned for this year on state highways, bridges and roads.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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This case follows another that occurred in 2018, when armed men kidnapped two members of the musical group Los Norteños de Río Bravo, whose bodies were later found on the federal highway connecting Reynosa to Río Bravo, Tamaulipas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
Noun
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But that Miami location near the busy LeJeune Road thoroughfare that leads from Miami International Airport five miles away also once made this Sears a popular destination with tourists.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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Lamia is laser-focused on fulfilling her cake-baking duty, but Bibi has made this trip with another purpose, one that divides the two and sets Lamia on a quest through the city’s thoroughfares and backstreets and bustling souk, with its hawkers and their wares.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The roadway will become a boulevard similar to national park roads, Botich said.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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With one entrance at La Rambla, a wide boulevard running through the heart of the city center, this is a popular place for lunch or a light snack at one of its many bars.—
Jennifer Fernández Solano,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Four Sacramento Public Library branches are now lending e-bikes and e-trikes to adult cardholders for up to one week.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2025
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All three branches of state government agreed on the same candidates — drawing criticism from local residents and legal experts who say this will be a simulation of an election, not a real one.—
James Wagner,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Parker said most highways are in decent shape, and road crews will focus on frontage and secondary roads.—
Remington Miller,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Backstreet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstreet. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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