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in the street

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  1. see under on the street.


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The throngs of teenagers doing back flips into the Canal Saint-Martin and playing soccer in the street set the mood for the week.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Police arrive on scene shortly afterwards and detain the man about five minutes after he first pulled up in the street.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

“These kids could have been in the street or dead or not had the special education or help they needed.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

As if to compensate, on a drizzly Sunday evening in Kyiv, a crowd gathered in the street beneath an apartment building’s third-floor balcony to hear a makeshift string quartet play concertos.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

I lingered in the street to count them, though it was cold in the January dawn.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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