pavement

Example Sentences

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Police effectively asked Google to look through a vast archive of human movement and identify which lives intersected with a particular patch of pavement at a particular moment in time.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

And ruptured pavement is keeping lots of lawyers busy with trip-and-fall lawsuits that cost the city millions each year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Another clip, filmed from a car driving north along Golders Green Road, shows the suspect chasing after a man on the pavement.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

It was all quiet and business as usual, except for the roaring trucks that were spraying foamy "detergent" on the pavement.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Frank watched as one of the creatures lumbered across the promenade, snuffling and licking the pavement with its long tongue.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan