pothole
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One way to consider today’s higher rates is as a “return to normal” after the crisis pothole.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“I think that we have to shift it away from ideological labeling to really concrete economic ideas — you know, they call her a pothole pragmatist, the DSA does. ... That’s what we need.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Mamdani appeared to echo them in April, when he made a media event of filling a pothole in Staten Island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
And then there’s the biggest pothole of all on the road to pastoral wonder:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
“After twenty years of living in America,” he said, swerving the truck to avoid a pothole the size of a beach ball.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
At news conferences, she focuses on meat-and-potato issues such as the amount of time it takes the city to fix streetlights and potholes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
They bemoaned the condition of roads, which are pockmarked with potholes, as well as the pace of development, which has accelerated in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
When AFP visited, municipal workers were fixing a road that residents said had been riddled with potholes for years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
He railed against the city’s challenges with public safety, potholes, and the abuse of dogs on Skid Row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Karaj in the wintertime is a snowbound city, and cars driving on the mountain road would often crunch into potholes and drop transmission parts or hubcaps.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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