pothole
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A Reform UK spokesman said its councils have been trying to find "new solutions to fix the broken roads they inherited", including using "cutting-edge new technology to make pothole repairs faster and more efficient".
From BBC • May 4, 2026
The UK government said it wants to end the "pothole plague" although Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who is responsible for roads in England, struck a pothole and damaged her Mini Cooper last month.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
By the early 1990s, duck populations had exceeded the high of the 1950s; by 2015 almost 50 million waterfowl populated the prairie pothole region of the northern Great Plains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Drivers will then be able to verify the Waymo-identified pothole in real time.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Every time the bus bucked over a pothole and jerked forward, his hand shot protectively over her belly.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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