asphalt
Example Sentences
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In a ritual unseen by the cameras, volunteers heave the floating icons toward the asphalt.
Their hooves clatter as they canter over the asphalt, and many of them can be heard grunting and snorting as they thunder across the bridge.
From Seattle Times
He worked laying asphalt for a while before a friend helped him into a career as a heavy equipment operator.
From Los Angeles Times
Oslo’s air has unhealthy levels of microscopic particles generated partly by the abrasion of tires and asphalt.
From New York Times
An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that the members of the American Iron and Steel Institute also sell asphalt and concrete.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
