pothole
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"I live in Macduff and on the main road there is a big pothole, you've got to avoid it every time or slow down. I'm frightened I'll go over it and rip the tyre again."
From BBC • May 14, 2026
They agreed to pay half a cent more at the cash register to fund buses, trains and pothole fillings in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Voters settled control of roughly 40% of the local governments across England that handle trash collection, pothole filling, low-income housing and various other day-to-day administrative functions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
He said: "A pothole hasn't got politics, it just needs fixing. But a pothole is only a sign of failure of resurfacing and maintaining the network."
From BBC • May 4, 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
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