asphalt
Example Sentences
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In a ritual unseen by the cameras, volunteers heave the floating icons toward the asphalt.
A Canadian Pacific train with liquid asphalt and ethylene glycol derailed in rural North Dakota late Sunday, officials said.
From Washington Post
At the edge of the crumbling asphalt pitch, they found a big black garbage bag.
From Washington Post
Lambrecht said that the liquid asphalt and ethylene glycol that spilled from six railcars involved in the derailment mostly hardened and remained on the surface of the ground because of the cold weather.
From Seattle Times
“On a day so hot the asphalt outside seems about to melt, a line snakes out the door.”
From Los Angeles Times
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