Thesaurus results for ALLEY

alley

noun

Definition of alley

as in street

a narrow passage between buildings One can spend days exploring all the alleys and backstreets of the old city.

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Recent Examples of alley What the instructions neglected to mention was that there were two State Farm signs in the alley. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Surveillance footage showed another car, a Dodge Charger, parked near the alley minutes before the shooting. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Jose Bonilla, 55, was found dead from gunshot wounds Sunday night in an alley behind a business at 12403 Veterans Memorial near Richey Road in North Houston, according to a Harris County Sheriff's Office report. — Sondra Hernandez, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2026 Tzoy then appeared on the footage, running in the same direction Jackson had been headed, and both of them were seen running on a third surveillance camera in the alley behind Emerald Avenue. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alley

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Investors are closely watching the government's next moves in a highly indebted country where street anger has often been tamed with more state spending.

— Makini Brice, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
Within one of those havens, Ellora, lives Pavi, a 10-year-old street kid with no memory of anything beyond the past three years.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of street

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The greatest concern is high tide through Sunday morning and swells from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel could create dangerous conditions with beach erosion and seawater once again flooding beach roads and paths.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
The former Cup champion finished third, overcoming a speeding-on-pit-road penalty and other drama en route to that result.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026