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The living room, encased in dark mahogany panelling, looked onto a drab alleyway filled with trash bins, and the apartment’s two floors were connected by a narrow spiral staircase that risked putting parents in mind of a broken neck.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The Maple Flats apartment building already has a parking lot with 16 spaces in the back of the complex and accessed from an alleyway off Independence Avenue, but the owner could be losing access to it.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
Medical examiner's data shows that between November 2023 and May 2025, 94 people died on streets, 57 in alleyways and 32 at bus stops.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Today’s visitors pay a three-euro fee to wander its uneven lanes and alleyways.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The Maple Flats apartment building already has a parking lot with 16 spaces in the back of the complex and accessed from an alleyway off Independence Avenue, but the owner could be losing access to it.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
Medical examiner's data shows that between November 2023 and May 2025, 94 people died on streets, 57 in alleyways and 32 at bus stops.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Today’s visitors pay a three-euro fee to wander its uneven lanes and alleyways.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Alleyway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alleyway. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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alleyway
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al·ley·way
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