blacktop
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Shirtless, he paced relentless circles on the blacktop.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
I’m a blacktop guy who ended up getting so much good fortune in life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 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
"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
Ms. Wardak was out on the blacktop, so she couldn’t yell at me for being in the hallway.
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
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
But the gravel road is blacktopped now, there are fewer trees and more and more ordered rows of cotton.
From Time Magazine Archive
He stepped directly from the crumbling blacktopped driveway out into the street.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
