ash

Example Sentences

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Environmental Protection Agency this week claimed that recent soil testing in Altadena proved that expedited federal cleanup efforts had effectively removed toxic ash and debris from homes destroyed by the deadly Eaton fire.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

In a video provided to the BBC by rescue officials, workers could be seen digging through a thick layer of black volcanic ash beneath a large rock and retrieving bone fragments.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

"It is known that volcanoes emit methane during eruptions, but until now it was not known that volcanic ash is also capable of partially cleaning up this pollution," he adds.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

I wonder how many people in this room are stirring the forces that will be ash in someone’s ice core 1,500 years from now.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Later, they realized that the cloud contained bits of Mount St. Helens’s glaciers, which were raining down along with ash, and the ice stung their skin.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone