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Meanings of busy thoroughfare in English

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Usage of busy thoroughfare in English
1
It was a wide and busy thoroughfare, lined with shops of all kinds.
True to Himself; Or, Roger Strong's Struggle for Place
2
Ahead of him on the busy thoroughfare walked an old-time friend, Joe Delapere.
Her Weight in Gold
3
But it feels far more removed from that busy thoroughfare.
The Irish Times
4
The Rhine is a busy thoroughfare for huge barges carrying goods north and south.
The Irish Times
5
Mexico! perched on a concrete barrier that usually separates traffic on a busy thoroughfare.
Reuters
6
While dim, the alley looked out onto a busy thoroughfare.
The sherlockian
7
He relinquished his vantage point, crossing the busy thoroughfare.
The notorious scoundrel
8
He did not keep to the busy thoroughfare now, but shot into a side street.
A Man and His Money
9
Set well back from the busy thoroughfare it is only minutes from the village of Raheny.
The Irish Times
10
Cars and trucks whizzed past the busy thoroughfare.
Ali’s Pretty Little Lies
11
It is like a little corner of Switzerland, and all within sight of a busy thoroughfare.
Pictures in Colour of the Isle of Wight
12
And Philadelphians young and old descended on Broad Street, the busy thoroughfare running through the city.
The Guardian
13
The two were seated in a well-known restaurant, by a window looking down on a busy thoroughfare.
Frontier Boys in Frisco
14
Tolo television footage showed a shop front which had collapsed and rubble strewn across a busy thoroughfare.
Reuters
15
The Nine Palms was three kilometers away, off a busy thoroughfare, hidden atop a narrow cobbled street.
The panic zone
16
The house is sandwiched between Clanbrassil Street, a busy thoroughfare, and Francis Street, the city's antique quarter.
The Irish Times
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Busy thoroughfare through the time
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common