hallway
Americannoun
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Origin of hallway
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She directed Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer to walk through a door behind her bench leading to a secured hallway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026
Mick Jagger is nearby, ambling through the hotel hallway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026
The Times filed a Freedom of Information Act request on June 2 for VA Police records of the hallway death and the stabbing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
During the last heatwave, Anabelle Holschuh, 30, found it so hard to sleep in her attic bedroom that she picked up a blanket and cushion and slept on the floor in the hallway.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
I do not know how long we stood there in the hallway, waiting, but it seemed like a lifetime.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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