bricks

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After my grandfather was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in 2009, I have watched the little path that leads to his tombstone go from a muddy dirt trail to neatly paved with bricks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

A man on a motorcycle comes by wanting to hire one labourer to carry bricks.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

In the previous year, his “Trace” exhibition at San Francisco’s Alcatraz featured portraits of people he considers activists, prisoners of conscience, or advocates of free speech, created with nearly a million toy bricks.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

The process of turning the sophisticated machine into a pile of bricks began a few years ago, when Lenssen brought his young children to a Lego fair in the Netherlands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

We couldn’t ride with sixty-pound bricks in our pockets.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin