asphalt
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Monte Carlo Liquors & Steak House is a lone brick island in a large asphalt lot that sits just over 100 feet from the Central Avenue Bridge that stretches over the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Ordinary people had borrowed money to buy stocks because they believed they were a sure thing, and there was no safety net upon which they could fall, except the cold, hard asphalt of the streets.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Project costs haven’t been revised higher yet, he said, but with the increased prices of fuel and materials like asphalt, that could soon change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Reyne took over as night watchman, with his tent on the asphalt in the parking lot behind.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Everything was cold and quiet except for a milk truck that idled at the rear entrance as two silent, sleepy-looking men unloaded the wire crates and let them fall with a clatter on the asphalt.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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