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bridle path

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Definition of bridle path

as in street

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Recent Examples of bridle path She was discovered on the bridle path by a motorist who got her to Illinois Central Hospital, where she was found to be uninjured. — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023 The scenic nine-mile Ojai Valley Trail offers a paved side for bicyclists, joggers, and walkers, with a dirt bridle path for horseback riding running alongside it. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023 While the main trail is paved from point to point, there’s an eight-mile unpaved alternate trail that starts just south of the Skokie Lagoons following an old dirt bridle path. — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2022 Known as the Fens Pond Bridge, the old bridle path once marked the edge of Boston, a city Frederick Law Olmsted, more than a century in the grave, continues to shape. — Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022 Its situation at the intersection of San Pedro and Basse was considered ideal for its proximity to Olmos Park, Fort Sam Houston and Brackenridge Park, to which it was supposed to be connected by bridle paths. — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 22 June 2019

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Noun

Weeks before the war, Iranians took to the streets to protest rising costs and inflation.

— Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Among the changes needed on the city’s streets was the welding of more than 200 manhole covers to ensure the race cars don’t suck them up off the road.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Authorities on Wednesday pre-emptively announced that roads leading to the port would be closed to non-emergency vehicles for seven days, according to state media.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Under the new collective bargaining agreement, each NHL team must sign a permanent emergency backup who will be at every home game and travel with the team to all road games (like a bullpen catcher in Major League Baseball).

— Michael Russo, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of road

Noun

The Starbase Texas site encompasses only about 350 acres, and SpaceX also must maintain public access to Boca Chica Beach as much as possible along a single roadway.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026
The nature of the structure — with roadways cantilevered out under the Brooklyn Heights Promenade — precludes replacing one lane at a time, city officials told reporters last week.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of roadway

Noun

Check the requirement, confirm the route, draft the plan, or ask one better question.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Together, Jaybush, Brad Chambers, and the American Heavy Moving team figured out a route through the city that avoided street trees, tight turns, and roads that run above old, fragile sewer pipes, which aren’t rated for heavy loads.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of route

Noun

The highway to get there is a single-lane road for miles and miles and miles, and there’s sagebrush all around.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Earlier this month, USA Today reported on traffic delays and lane restrictions surrounding Duquesne University's campus as work got underway near Forbes Avenue.

— USA TODAY, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of lane

Noun

The Sky didn’t learn that Kanter Freedom would be seated on the front row behind the baseline until less than 90 minutes before tipoff.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
In the front row of the stands, Omar Saenz and his 14-year-old step-son Damien Macwithey were carrying racing helmets signed by drivers.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of row

Noun

Not bad for a story which begins with a waiter crossing a busy Los Angeles thoroughfare, and placing some Japanese-Peruvian fusion fare in a lift.

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
According to the county, road improvements are coming for some of the thoroughfares near Boca Lago.

— Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoroughfare

Noun

In 2024, Katseye made their first fashion week appearance, attending Coach’s Spring/Summer 2025 runway show in New York.

— Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026
The gravel runway is nearly 4,000 feet long and is located on the slope of a more-than-2,300-foot-high mountain, according to FAA maps.

— Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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