pavement

Example Sentences

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Yet even then, our independence was strictly limited by where the safe pavement ended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

"Without vendors, I don't think Hanoi is Hanoi anymore," said Nguyen Thi Hoan, 58, who used to sell flowers on the pavement outside a large downtown apartment complex.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

But Burke was more focused on marketing than on questions about whether he’d ever pounded pavement for 26.2 miles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

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

Natalie and Patience paddled Patience’s kayak through the quiet, flooded streets of Liberty City until they ran aground on dry pavement.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz