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blacktop

[blak-top] / ˈblækˌtɒp /
NOUN
asphalt
Synonyms
STRONG


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Shirtless, he paced relentless circles on the blacktop.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

But even if you don’t get that privilege, I can’t think of a better place to stand on the blacktop and imagine what might be down the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

"When she starts running her mouth, you better not say anything back because she won't miss!" is what was shared amongst the dudes who battled her on the blacktop daily.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

On the morning of the landslide, Ron DeQuilettes, an electrical contractor who also did blacktop installation work, was to come to the house to give an estimate for a new driveway.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024

“Have you thought about us going outside? The school rule says we can’t go out in the snow. We can go out on the blacktop, but it’s too crowded and there’s nothing to do.”

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

Several roads need to be blacktopped and curbs and flagpoles need to be replaced.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2016

By July's first dawn, the blacktopped, coral runway of Kwajalein islet was ablaze with lights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Along blacktopped, four-lane Route 1, built by the U.S., there are miles of drive-in restaurants, Laundromats, pizza parlors and souvenir stands.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the gravel road is blacktopped now, there are fewer trees and more and more ordered rows of cotton.

From Time Magazine Archive

We stared out atSnapfinger Cemetery, and the blacktopped Rural Route 2 that stretched out to bigger roads across all of Mississippi and beyond.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

The Wabash Valley Community Foundation and Smithville Telephone Co. have donated money in the past couple years for repairs and blacktopping at the cemetery.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2016

Take Dave Petrovits, who owns a company that does site development and blacktopping and who serves on the executive committee of the county Republican Party.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2010

Archie moved that $5,000 be allotted for blacktopping this year.

From Time Magazine Archive




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