blacktop
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Shirtless, he paced relentless circles on the blacktop.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
I pulled into the parking lot of the Carson Home Depot, a sprawling Southern California blacktop shared with Albertsons, Staples, and a McDonald’s.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
"When she starts running her mouth, you better not say anything back because she won't miss!" is what was shared amongst the dudes who battled her on the blacktop daily.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
On the morning of the landslide, Ron DeQuilettes, an electrical contractor who also did blacktop installation work, was to come to the house to give an estimate for a new driveway.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
Neither of us was allowed on the blacktop the whole rest of the week.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
Several roads need to be blacktopped and curbs and flagpoles need to be replaced.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2016
By July's first dawn, the blacktopped, coral runway of Kwajalein islet was ablaze with lights.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along blacktopped, four-lane Route 1, built by the U.S., there are miles of drive-in restaurants, Laundromats, pizza parlors and souvenir stands.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the gravel road is blacktopped now, there are fewer trees and more and more ordered rows of cotton.
From Time Magazine Archive
We stared out atSnapfinger Cemetery, and the blacktopped Rural Route 2 that stretched out to bigger roads across all of Mississippi and beyond.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation and Smithville Telephone Co. have donated money in the past couple years for repairs and blacktopping at the cemetery.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2016
Take Dave Petrovits, who owns a company that does site development and blacktopping and who serves on the executive committee of the county Republican Party.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2010
Archie moved that $5,000 be allotted for blacktopping this year.
From Time Magazine Archive
