pavement

Example Sentences

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Police effectively asked Google to look through a vast archive of human movement and identify which lives intersected with a particular patch of pavement at a particular moment in time.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

As well as those competing, many have lined the pavement to cheer on family and friends taking part.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

It was all quiet and business as usual, except for the roaring trucks that were spraying foamy "detergent" on the pavement.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

NHS healthcare assistant Rebecca Ableman, 30, was walking with her two-year-old daughter Autumn on a pavement by the B1050 in Willingham, Cambridgeshire, when she was hit from behind on 22 September 2022.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The fire was spreading through the forest, but not onto the pavement.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz