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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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Rich Graeter, Graeter's Ice Cream Company president and CEO Louis and Regina Graeter started making vanilla ice cream in a metal bucket on the streets of Cincinnati after the Civil War.Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
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In Al-Nabi Chit, unlike many nearby places that have become ghost towns, the streets bustle with men, women, and children.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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Chances are low of flooding or any other significant issues in Southern California, forecasters said, though roads could become slick and snarl traffic.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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The opening shot of the video features a long, winding road.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
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The shop itself is like something down a Knightsbridge side street.Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
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The parking lot was full, and so were the side streets.Madison Lammert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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The fire erupted Wednesday morning in Ventura County and, fueled by ferocious Santa Ana winds and dry conditions, quickly exploded in size and jumped a highway toward homes, forcing more than 10,000 people to evacuate.Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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Esther Gonzalez’s body was found in a snowpack off a highway near Banning, California, on Feb. 10, 1979, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
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States and cities can work together to fix legacy highways — and federal support can help In Portland, Oregon, pretty much everyone seems to agree that 82nd Avenue, a major thoroughfare that the state manages, is a disaster.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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On dreary days, spend a few hours at the National Museum of Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland; when the weather cooperates, journey down the Royal Mile (Old Town’s main thoroughfare) and hike up to Arthur’s Seat, an ancient volcano and the highest peak in Holyrood Park.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
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By the 1950s, when the boulevard expanded to meet the new Schuylkill Expressway, it was lined with row houses and shops.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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Learn about the vast stretch of culture contained on one 27.4-mile boulevard.L.A. Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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In my courtyard, a heap of stuff blown from many directions— wet socks, branch about to bloom, TV antenna bent-over window screen, a sandbag without sand.Susan Mitchell, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
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Most banks branches will be closed, but online banking and ATMs will still be available.Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Steward’s walk was the real deal: a four-hour amble along secondary roads past farmsteads and olive groves, the undulating terrain fanning out around us on all sides.Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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Tuesday morning, the state’s road closure report included 579 – three on interstates, 38 federal highways, 58 state roads, and 480 secondary roads.Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Backstreet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstreet. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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