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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a kerb" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in British English to refer to the edge of a raised path or sidewalk, often where it meets the road.
Example: "The child ran too close to the kerb and almost fell into the street."
Alternatives: "a curb" or "the edge of the pavement".
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She sat on a kerb.
Top tip? Make like you're trying to jump onto a kerb while avoiding a puddle.
A person stepping off a kerb, for example, usually ends up using their right foot.
It can happen falling off a kerb on the side of the street.
A man waits at a kerb, as erect as a soldier.
Don't let your mind wander – a split-second lapse in concentration and you can clip a kerb – dead".
The Ferrari driver hit a kerb heavily, smashed his front right suspension and crashed across the gravel and into the wall at the end of the session.
The actual cause of the accident was a failure of the nose wing structure, probably weakened by Ratzenberger clouting a kerb on a previous lap.
In the first qualifying session he then broke his suspension on a kerb on the entry to the Swimming Pool complex, and finished in the barrier in Q1.
However, unlike London's much criticised "cycle superhighways" – where riders are protected by little more than blue paint – Seville's cyclists enjoy a kerb and a fence.
"Cycle lane lunacy!" it boomed, next to a photo of a cyclist on a bike lane, kept safe from a line of cars by a kerb.
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