pavement
Example Sentences
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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
Footage showed security officers lying on the pavement outside another stadium, according to videos verified by Storyful, a social-media intelligence firm owned by News Corp, the parent company of the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
It's a classic case of parking bay-sprawl: there's an official parking box painted on the road, but many of the vehicles have been left outside the boundary, meaning they block much of the pavement.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
The council says that the bay allowed a two metre space on the pavement for pedestrians to walk.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Ray sets the mats on the pavement to dry.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.