ash
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"When we see something very red in the universe, we often assume that it is surrounded by dust, like soot or ash," Simcoe explains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Artists spend months crafting these monuments that will burn to ash two nights from now.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Hillsides once covered in pine forest have been reduced to ash around the village, a popular summer retreat for Athenians.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Humbled manager Leopold Aschenbrenner, whose surname means ash burner, probably will rise like a phoenix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
He stayed in for as long as he dared, but up above, “a big ash cloud way up flashed hundreds of red lightning bolts.”
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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