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blacktop

[blak-top] / ˈblækˌtɒp /
NOUN
asphalt
Synonyms
STRONG


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Shirtless, he paced relentless circles on the blacktop.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

The first sounds of the morning came from the tinny speaker playing hip-hop and reggaeton, and the crash of pine trees falling on the blacktop.

From Slate Jan. 27, 2026

Dressed in white-and-silver paisley-print jackets glittering under the late-afternoon sun, the members of the Stylistics steadied themselves as a rotating stage carried them before an audience gathered on the blacktop outside Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2024

"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

The blacktop twisted through a wooded area like a river and soon the sound of the highway had faded away behind them.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Several roads need to be blacktopped and curbs and flagpoles need to be replaced.

From Washington Times Jan. 6, 2016

But the gravel road is blacktopped now, there are fewer trees and more and more ordered rows of cotton.

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

By July's first dawn, the blacktopped, coral runway of Kwajalein islet was ablaze with lights.

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




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