pothole
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Mamdani appeared to echo them in April, when he made a media event of filling a pothole in Staten Island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Cities and counties are scrambling to prepare for a potential overhaul of how they pay for all sorts of services, from policing to pothole repairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
And then there’s the biggest pothole of all on the road to pastoral wonder:
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
More realistically, however, the pothole issue is likely to remain a public bugbear.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
She walked in perpetual fear of tripping and falling, of breaking an ankle stepping into a pothole.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
The road outside the school in Khedi Kalan village is dotted with shallow potholes filled with filthy water.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
She also noted that the mayor has fixed more than 170,000 potholes, expanded universal child care, and balanced the budget amid a $12 billion deficit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
For the first time, the city has also got its own detachment of mounted police officers, workers have filled in the potholes and manhole covers have finally been laid flush with the surrounding pavement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
“Every time City Hall fails to do that— potholes that don’t get fixed, streetlights that stay dark, 911 calls that go unanswered — it erodes people’s faith that government can solve problems at all.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
The old truck rattles and bangs in the potholes.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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