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asphalt

noun as in bituminous substanced

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Instead, they had to pay upward of tens of thousands of dollars to fix damaged septic systems, reinstall their own power poles and repave the asphalt melted from private roads.

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Even then, the firm could remove only a small portion of the parking lot’s asphalt, lest they trigger local low-impact development codes.

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Otherwise, they work out in their weight room or asphalt next to the school parking lot.

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If you were to grab a section of the grounds at random, odds are you would be pulling up a chunk of hot asphalt or stiff-bladed grass.

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The contest unfolds in broad daylight as cameras and soldiers turn the asphalt into an arena.

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