pavement
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When the light turned green, the driver accelerated quickly, leaving behind dark tire marks on the intersection pavement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
It took 11 seconds for all the jet’s wheels to get on the pavement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Life starts somewhere, so I've started here," said Lohbip El-Pius Binyir, who runs a money transfer point and also sells bread, biscuits and drinks from a small pavement stall in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
As Princes Street reopens to all traffic, a section of the pavement directly outside the burnt-out building will remain closed while work continues.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Even though it was eight in the morning, the sun was already melting the pavement.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
A giant guitar sculpture dominates the central square, guitar murals adorn walls and pavements and even the rubbish bins are shaped like guitars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
You note that California’s new tire regulations are “perilous” because they may increase stopping distances on wet pavements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Even where pavements exist, they are often broken, narrow or inaccessible to older people, children and those with disabilities.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
I grew up in Kolkata, where wide pavements disappeared beneath rows of hawkers.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The taxi was driving through the streets of Bournemouth and this was the time of day when the pavements were crowded with holiday-makers all wandering about aimlessly with nothing to do.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
