bricks

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A man on a motorcycle comes by wanting to hire one labourer to carry bricks.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Two teenage sisters from Gaza have won an environmental award for turning rubble into reusable bricks, saying they wanted to "turn destruction into something useful".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Meanwhile, portable phones, at first the size of bricks, were introduced in 1992.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In the previous year, his “Trace” exhibition at San Francisco’s Alcatraz featured portraits of people he considers activists, prisoners of conscience, or advocates of free speech, created with nearly a million toy bricks.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

A minute later, he came into the house from the garage, his lap full of boards and bricks and things.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney