Recent Examples on the WebThe case was finally cracked after a witness reported a strange man on the street near the final shooting.—CBS News, 28 May 2024 Deputies were called about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to the 7300 block of Del Prado Court and found an unresponsive man on the street.—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024 In the neighboring village, Russians approached young men on the street, offering them money and help, trying to enlist them to their cause.—James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023 Soldiers are just as worn out, and Kyiv has reached deeper into its population to mobilize additional fighters, sometimes stopping men on the street to hand them draft papers.—Alex Horton, John Hudson, Isabelle Khurshudyan and Samuel Oakford, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
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“Man on the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man%20on%20the%20street. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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