concrete
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When AFP visited for the unveiling, riding in the vehicle was a smooth experience on the flat concrete roads of the test centre at Barneveld, central Netherlands.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The probe targets companies including Cemex and Sika over chemicals used in cement, concrete and mortar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
He always says the first thing he wants to recover when he's on the pitch is the feeling he had when playing on the concrete pitch in Rocafonda, a working-class neighbourhood in Mataro, Spain.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Instant flashback,” she says, describing how she sat right down on the concrete floor to page through them.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The chunky chalk glides smoothly over the concrete and feels good.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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Piles of bricks, slabs of concretes and mounds of rubble, and on the wall that remains standing, a bright green door which now leads to nothing.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022
The Swiss company said it also wants to expand its solutions and products business, which makes pre-cast concretes, roofing products, asphalt and dry mortars to 30% of its revenue.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2021
The polymer concretes seem to be doing alright, too, so we can just … make more of those.
From Nature ● Jul. 7, 2020
They paint their pictures with essential oils, resinoids, concretes and absolutes, the building blocks of fragrance and flavor.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2019
Then Ella dragged Brigit to the Conjure Creole Creamery, where attendants pulled levers making decadent concretes and malted mischief milkshakes full of pralines and petit fours and pieces of pecan pie.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Inside the concreted blocks was an extraordinary cache of iron helmets.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
They were joined by a team of ground radar experts who scanned the heavily concreted property, assisting the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s with serving a search warrant at the home.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Starting with Chinatown, earthen basements were concreted, concrete ones flooded with carbolic acid, walls washed with lye, streets asphalted, cesspools filled and decrepit dwellings demolished.
From Nature ● Apr. 23, 2019
Streets are gridlocked, property prices have jumped and lakes and open spaces concreted over.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2016
There was a small concreted space in front of it that wasn’t a garden, a green Mini parked on the street.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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He added that nobody knows what might happen in that time, so Russian companies would not be "concreting over their oil-wells".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2022
The concreting of Houston’s green spaces removed key sponges for Harvey’s water, which sloshed into people’s homes.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2019
According to him, construction workers used to be skilled in multiple aspects of the trade, but now the applicants he sees are specialized in specific categories, like framing, concreting or finishing, but not all three.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2017
The people behind Supurbia are quick to point out they have no intention of "garden-grabbing" or concreting over green spaces.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2014
In this manner the concreting was successfully carried on and the wing dam built high enough to keep high water out of the forebay.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
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