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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A cool desert wind wrapped us in dust as we sped along the bitumen .
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As the temperature rose, the bitumen was further cooked into a solid char containing graphite.
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Discarded vinegar or wine casks also make excellent small-pool containers, when sawn in half and waterproofed inside with bitumen paint.
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Mr Martinson, 44, was burned by boiling bitumen while dumping it.
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Some researchers are pursuing studies in soil stabilisation using cement, lime and bitumen .
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The contractors immediately offered to pay for new tyres to replace those caked in bitumen .
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This turned the organic matter into liquid bitumen , which squeezed into pores and fractures in the rock.
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Wood blocks can be laid in hot-application bitumen .