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Meanings of main thoroughfare in English

We have no meanings for "main thoroughfare" in our records yet.
Usage of main thoroughfare in English
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Orange light streaked the windows of small businesses on the main thoroughfare.
Mine
2
Gardaí in riot gear eventually forced the rioters down the main thoroughfare.
The Irish Times
3
Carriages rattled over the rough cobblestones of Pennsylvania Avenue, the main thoroughfare.
A. lincoln: a biography
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I zipped down the alley and came out on the main thoroughfare.
Exit strategy
5
However, it's still hidden away, a block from a main thoroughfare.
News.com.au
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Turn right down the next convenient sidestreet to return to the main thoroughfare.
The Guardian
7
On the main thoroughfare through Kita Senju the traffic is at low tide.
Number9Dream
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Someone had struck him when he'd exited onto the main thoroughfare.
The spurned viscountess
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We were on a wide pavement on the city's main thoroughfare.
The Irish Times
10
They had turned from the main thoroughfare into a dark and quiet by-street.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
11
Our high road is part of the main thoroughfare from Kensington to Valparaiso.
London River
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Not till they turned into the main thoroughfare did anyone speak.
Agatha Webb
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They passed down the main thoroughfare, and everywhere they attracted attention.
The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay o...
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Mother and daughter strolled through the lanes until they reached the main thoroughfare.
The favorites: a novel
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The whole city was in march as the Caribees reached the thronged main thoroughfare.
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
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Several storefront windows were shattered along West Florissant Avenue, a main thoroughfare in Ferguson.
Reuters
This collocation consists of:
Main thoroughfare through the time
Main thoroughfare across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common