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pavement

[payv-muhnt] / ˈpeɪv mənt /
NOUN
blacktop
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She said she’s spent years seeking help from Raman’s staff, including to make repairs on sidewalks and pavement outside the restaurant, and to remove a homeless encampment that sprang up during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Resident Elz Ravenscroft asked Vernon if he would cut back the overgrown bushes on the pavement which her daughter used to walk to and from school.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Former California state Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg has been pounding the pavement, trying to encourage voters to support Proposition 37 on ballots statewide.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

And the first ad for it returns to familiar tropes of auto advertising, with a handsome driver, wet pavement and the cars on the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

She drove off the uneven dirt road that led to the mobile home and onto the smooth pavement.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Videos on social media showed cars trying drive down waterlogged roads as rain poured down drenched pavements.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Potential applications include concrete pavements, highway parapet walls, and sewer pipelines.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

E-scooters are also popular - despite it currently being illegal to ride them on public roads or pavements except in certain rental zones.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

A giant guitar sculpture dominates the central square, guitar murals adorn walls and pavements and even the rubbish bins are shaped like guitars.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

By reason of the walls and pavements of white marble the people used to wear black garments; it was the glare of the marble that made the monks wear black.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro


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