pavement
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Where possible, opt to walk on uneven surfaces, such as grass, sand or gravel, instead of pavement.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The heat felt like 100 degrees radiating off the pavement.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
When the site was last tested, solvents were found in the soil below the pavement and down 150 feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Outside a housing project near Ceuta port, Spanish soldiers detained a group of nine tired-looking migrants who were sitting on the pavement, guarded by troops with an armoured car, an AFP reporter said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
The first thing I do is go around behind the back of the motel, where there’s a stretch of old pavement with clumps of grass and flowers growing through the cracks.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
AFP on Saturday saw migrant minors milling around in a disused industrial park in Ceuta, while others dozed on the pavements outside.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Only five of the 84 councils that have placed parking spaces on pavements said they had plans to remove those spaces.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He said ignorance of the law was not an excuse, but he believed most people riding e-scooters did know they should not be using them on pavements and roads.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
At that height, the cars were like little beetles crawling along the streets, and people walking on the pavements looked no larger than tiny grains of soot.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
