Carey Street
Britishnoun
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(formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated
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the state of bankruptcy
Example Sentences
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The boil water advisory remains in effect for parts of West Baltimore from North and South Riggs Avenue to West Franklin Street and East and West Carey Street to Pulaski Avenue, officials said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022
When they leave the hospital, they move into a housing project over in North Carey Street, over in West Baltimore.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2020
He was born prematurely and suffered from lead poisoning from flaking paint as a toddler while living a few blocks away on North Carey Street, according to a lawsuit the family later filed.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2015
On Carey Street, at the Center for the Promotion of Intellectual Development, one of Mornovia’s many tea shops and political saloons that often came under fire during Taylor’s reign, opinion on the sentencing was divided.
From Newsweek ● May 30, 2012
A chapel was built for him in New Court, Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn, and this was destroyed during the Sacheverell riots in 1710.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan
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