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on the street

  1. Also, in the street.

  2. Without a job, unemployed, as in After they fired her she was on the street for two years . [First half of 1900s]

  3. Without a regular place of residence, homeless, as in It's terrible to be on the street in winter . [Mid-1800s]

  4. Released from prison, as in One more year and he'll be back in the street . [First half of 1900s]



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It’s one thing to do magic on the street.

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But you don’t necessarily watch like that and think, “I want to go find that guy on the street.”

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A third individual was detained on the street for investigation for interference and released after being confirmed to be a U.S. citizen with no outstanding warrants.

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"We're speaking to people right across this city, indeed right across the north, who are afraid to walk down the street, who are afraid to bring their children to school, who are afraid to say hello to someone as they pass them on the street," he said.

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Fueled by sodas and snacks he picked up at a Northgate Market, Garcia’s goal, he said, was to catch Immigration and Customs Enforcement or other immigration agents in the act of detaining people on the street.

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