noun
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a narrow path for walkers only
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another word for pavement
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Etymology
Origin of footpath
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A wooden walkway next to the bridge, which allows people to follow a footpath on the river bank, had to be closed off and it is still awaiting repair.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"If the footpath is discontinuous, it's simply more convenient to keep walking on the road," says Goel.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
A video posted to social media of Hearn's arrest shows him standing near a water-pumping hose that is lying across a footpath and speaking to a woman, before walking away and picking up his bike.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
The next morning, Natland travelled by taxi to Huddersfield and was sent a video by a Signal user showing where cash had been hidden near a footpath underpass.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Cray-Cray’s security cart was parked in the footpath on the far side of the quad, and he rushed over to greet the man in a suit climbing out of the helicopter.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
Close to a lagoon in north Wales, she thought she could walk her baby, toddler and dogs on public footpaths.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Public footpaths and a scheme to slow the flow of the river in heavy rainfall are being planned.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The protest involved dozens of people walking on public footpaths and then going through a gap in the metal fencing around the site to access the private land.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
A few steps from the hotel, a cantilevered pedestrian bridge spans Falls Park on the Reedy, a wooded ravine with cascading waterfalls and leafy footpaths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
For the next few days, the guerrillas stuck to narrow jungle footpaths, moving at a steady jog to avoid any of the American or South Vietnamese patrols in the area.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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