blacktop

Shirtless, he paced relentless circles on the blacktop.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The first sounds of the morning came from the tinny speaker playing hip-hop and reggaeton, and the crash of pine trees falling on the blacktop.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

But even if you don’t get that privilege, I can’t think of a better place to stand on the blacktop and imagine what might be down the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

"When she starts running her mouth, you better not say anything back because she won't miss!" is what was shared amongst the dudes who battled her on the blacktop daily.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

With the exception of a few abandoned cars and green Dumpsters, the enormous blacktop parking lot was empty.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Several roads need to be blacktopped and curbs and flagpoles need to be replaced.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2016

Along blacktopped, four-lane Route 1, built by the U.S., there are miles of drive-in restaurants, Laundromats, pizza parlors and souvenir stands.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the gravel road is blacktopped now, there are fewer trees and more and more ordered rows of cotton.

From Time Magazine Archive

By July's first dawn, the blacktopped, coral runway of Kwajalein islet was ablaze with lights.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I hope we get in before this rain starts,” Mom muttered as we turned at Seagull Way into the enormous blacktopped parking lot of the campus.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

The Wabash Valley Community Foundation and Smithville Telephone Co. have donated money in the past couple years for repairs and blacktopping at the cemetery.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2016

Take Dave Petrovits, who owns a company that does site development and blacktopping and who serves on the executive committee of the county Republican Party.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2010

Archie moved that $5,000 be allotted for blacktopping this year.

From Time Magazine Archive