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pavement

[peyv-muhnt] / ˈpeɪv mənt /
NOUN
blacktop
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Lichtenberg isn’t pounding the pavement to find and unveil secrets about institutions and power brokers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

In San Francisco, Anthropic fans wielded brightly colored sidewalk chalk to ornament the pavement outside of the company’s office with messages of thanks, laudatories such as “You are patriots” and references to Nelson Mandela.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The council says that the bay allowed a two metre space on the pavement for pedestrians to walk.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Matthies, who is registered blind and a policy lead at the Royal National Institute of Blind People, says e‑bike pavement clutter is the top transport complaint he hears from blind people.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

The marquee lights melted on the wet pavement in long white gleams.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt