Example Sentences

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The EC also called for scrapping the laws that paved the way for development.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

At the White House, a historic rose garden conceived by Jacqueline Kennedy was paved over, and its adjoining colonnade refurbished with black granite and gilded presidential portraits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He found a city rebuilding itself: a functioning airport, paved roads some lined with restaurants and street lighting keeping once-feared neighbourhoods alight after dark.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Careers in customer service, accounting and data entry once paved the way to the middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"The garden is gone, Mo. They paved over it."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda