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Though little more than a tiny room off a backstreet, this Chinatown food shop Nai Mong Hoi Thod is hardly Bangkok's secret.
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Tom Parker Bowles, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024
Now, passengers can embark upon the Wild Malaysia itinerary, a three-night round-trip from Singapore that travels north through Malaysia’s jungles, allowing passengers to disembark in the rainforests of Taman Negara National Park and wander the smoky backstreets and old quarters of Penang Island.
—Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2024
As those all-white krewes rolled down the main streets of the parade routes, the real Mardi Gras was taking place in the backstreets of the surrounding Black neighborhoods.
—Cierra Chenier, Essence, 12 Feb. 2024
The taproom lives on an industrial backstreet of Rancho Cordova, tucked away three left turns from the suburb’s Costco, flanked on one side by a sewage center and on another by a sprawling Pick-n-Pull auto yard.
—Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Tom Parker Bowles, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024
Now, passengers can embark upon the Wild Malaysia itinerary, a three-night round-trip from Singapore that travels north through Malaysia’s jungles, allowing passengers to disembark in the rainforests of Taman Negara National Park and wander the smoky backstreets and old quarters of Penang Island.
—Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2024
As those all-white krewes rolled down the main streets of the parade routes, the real Mardi Gras was taking place in the backstreets of the surrounding Black neighborhoods.
—Cierra Chenier, Essence, 12 Feb. 2024
The taproom lives on an industrial backstreet of Rancho Cordova, tucked away three left turns from the suburb’s Costco, flanked on one side by a sewage center and on another by a sprawling Pick-n-Pull auto yard.
—Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backstreet
Noun
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When the wagon trains started moving out West, when the boats were landing at the foot of Main street — then things started moving.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive male with apparent gunshot wounds lying in the street next to a vehicle parked in front of the address, according to the social media post.—
Lena Miano,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What To Know The advisory warned that road conditions could become hazardous, particularly during peak travel hours on Wednesday.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Mayor vetoes measure increasing borrowing by $4 million for additional road repairs Johnson vetoed in full a measure that would borrow an additional $4 million to fund improvements to an additional 30 lane miles of roadway.—
Alison Dirr,
Journal Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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Find the parallel streets because where everyone's going is the touristy area, but the parallel streets and the side streets are where the locals have their businesses.—
Meredith Lepore,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
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Later that night, those new measures were visible, but at least two side streets leading to Bourbon did not appear to be fully sealed off and had only lightweight bicycle rack-style barricades.—
Laura Strickler,
NBC News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Southern whites imprisoned a disproportionately Black convict population, often for minor and outright fictional crimes, and put them to work, especially in building the highways that brought the South into the modern age.—
Justin Hawkins / Made by History,
TIME,
31 Jan. 2025
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Trying to avoid a collision, both drivers veered toward the highway’s east shoulder, where the vehicles collided.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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The school’s proximity to two major thoroughfares, 47th Street and Pulaski Road, makes walking and biking too dangerous for most other parents in the community, Galvez Searle said.—
Sarah Macaraeg,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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The 405, the major thoroughfare connecting L.A. with the San Fernando Valley, remains open.—
Matteo Moschella,
NBC News,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Against a towering backdrop of black smoke with an ominous orange glow, the stately homes and broad boulevards of the Pacific Palisades looked small and exposed on Tuesday.—
Jacey Fortin,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Where is new Sacramento-area restaurant? Tandoori Pizza’s new Elk Grove location will be in the Laguna Gateway shopping plaza adjacent to Highway 99 at the intersection of Laguna and West Stockton boulevards in Elk Grove.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Jan. 2025
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Its branches are adorned with red and pink berries and hearts along with green leaves.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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Your Questions, Answered Can hedge trimmers cut branches?—
Alice Knisley Matthias,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Jan. 2025
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Travel is strongly discouraged, but if necessary, drivers are urged to slow down, maintain extra distance between vehicles, and exercise caution on bridges, overpasses, and secondary roads.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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On Saturday, officials in northern Alabama said schools could remain closed Monday if ice doesn't melt off secondary roads.—
SARA CLINE AND BEN FINLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Backstreet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstreet. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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