asphalt
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There is also a nearly £1 million maintenance project to replace aging asphalt and cracked lead roofing at Buckingham Palace, including repairs to 14 chimney stacks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
The company’s construction-products arm—which includes 109 quarries and yards, nine asphalt plants and 19 terminals—recorded roughly 35 million tons of aggregates shipments last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
“Several times,” she said, and the only response was a slapdash temporary asphalt patch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026
Days after the BBC approached the county council and Ringway Jacobs about the Turner Road potholes, a team from Essex Highways arrived with heavy machinery and lorryloads of fresh asphalt.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The smell of grilling onions and car exhaust and heat on asphalt!
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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