asphalt
Example Sentences
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The asphalt dead-ends, but there’s a gravel driveway heading to the Boy Scout camp.
From Literature
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We drive until all I can see is gray asphalt and dingy buildings.
From Literature
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A year ago, the back lot of Normont Early Education Center was little more than a bare, heat-radiating expanse of asphalt.
From Los Angeles Times
Weeds grew up everywhere, through cracks in the pavement, asphalt, and patches of dry, stony soil.
From Literature
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The Eaton fire got as far as the garage of the house on Ganesha, but the roses, surrounded by asphalt, survived.
From Los Angeles Times
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