crushed rock
Example Sentences
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The track surface of crushed rock and tar was so damaging to tires that later that year workers laid some 3.2 million bricks over the 2.5-mile oval—thus its enduring nickname, “The Brickyard.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Researchers applied crushed rock, both metabasalt and olivine, on 5 acres of a fallowed cornfield in the Sacramento Valley.
From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023
Two abstract paintings are made of soil and crushed rock from Maine, mixed with D.C. tap water.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022
The grains must be rounded or “sub-angular,” naturally weathered and should NOT be acquired from a crushed rock source.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2021
This morning, past the Cedar Falls train stop, Annabelle runs on a friendly path of crushed rock bordered with trees, all bright green and yellow with baby leaves unfurling.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
