blacktop

Shirtless, he paced relentless circles on the blacktop.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

You want to see him skate on ice or blacktop, ask him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

I pulled into the parking lot of the Carson Home Depot, a sprawling Southern California blacktop shared with Albertsons, Staples, and a McDonald’s.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 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

Eighty miles away from Dunston—four seconds in Earth time—the first bullet-gray, thumb-size drops of rain plunked down all over the blacktop and Cade’s truck, pelting us with a staccato machine-gun peppering—thak! thak! thak!

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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

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

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

Across the wide blacktopped, slushy street, those two older boys had caught sight of me again.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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