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All of those attributes, plus a well-paved road and gently rolling terrain, make an ideal route for longboards, a type of skateboard designed to cruise over long distances.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2022

There are no potholes in the well-paved roads nearby.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2022

In conversation, he circles back to the traditions of classical ballet — George Balanchine and John Neumeier are among the canonical choreographers he admires — like returning to a well-paved path in the woods.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2021

A large mobile missile is hard to hide or move—for one thing, it has to stay on well-paved roads—and thus easier to find and hit.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2020

That well-paved world appealed to him, and he missed it as his feet fell on uneven clumps of hardened dirt that threatened to twist his ankles.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green