Bow Street

[ boh ]

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noun

a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.

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A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.
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When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.
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A Wall Street person should not be allowed to help oversee the Dodd-Frank reforms.
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The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
"We will go to the Hotel de l'Europe, if you press it;" and away the cabriolet joggled over the roughly paved street.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
While the door was open he caught a glimpse of the street outside—and of Glavis on the sidewalk below.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Then the two bodies of the men were buried, carrying them together from the street to the grave.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
He would fear what he did not understand, and he would bow down and pay homage to what he feared.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford