pavement
Example Sentences
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Lime's e-scooters and e-bikes can be parked on the pavement, though riders are required to do so neatly and in approved zones.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Lichtenberg isn’t pounding the pavement to find and unveil secrets about institutions and power brokers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Footage showed security officers lying on the pavement outside another stadium, according to videos verified by Storyful, a social-media intelligence firm owned by News Corp, the parent company of the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Walking away from an underground station, it's less than two minutes until we reach our first obstacle: a single e-scooter, parked in the middle of the pavement.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Christopher remembered the fortune teller and looked at Mal, who was vomiting on the pavement several feet away, scowling.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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