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pavement

[peyv-muhnt] / ˈpeɪv mənt /
NOUN
blacktop
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The charity on Roman Pavement offers offers warm space sessions as well as advice and support.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Pavement burned out like any other rock band, but a conventional rise-and-fall treatment wouldn’t suit them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

Though Perry’s relationship with Ghost spans nearly a decade, his work with the revered alt-rock band Pavement goes all the way back to 1999.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

Meanwhile, we’re over here in Seattle looking like we’re roadies for Pavement making this very unhip, but very earnest music.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Through a mistake of the postman's, that remarkable letter has been tesselated into the Infernal Pavement instead of being delivered in the Strand.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 by Dickens, Mamie




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