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adobe

[uh-doh-bee] / əˈdoʊ bi /
NOUN
sun-dried brick
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Instead they encountered Hawikku, an adobe pueblo in what is now western New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say their policies make it nearly impossible.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2025

Eventually, however, the lush commons became something like adobe hills.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2025

Last Sunday, though, the family took a second tour of an adobe home in South Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2025

The bear stared at Brutus for a while, then clumped up the road leading to Herbie Goldfarb’s redolent adobe shack.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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