ash

Example Sentences

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Duong was diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer, shortly after the Palisades fire rained ash on his family’s West L.A. apartment in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Also unearthed were fireplaces containing evidence of the burning of toothed wrack seaweed to form soda ash.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Reyne told Gil he knew who had done it, but Gil wouldn’t let him punish the accused camper without proof, and anything close to that had turned to ash.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Their position suggests they were later exposed to heat from lava or volcanic ash after they originally formed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

I race through the flames, not caring which direction, just away from the heat and smoke and ash and burning, across the dirt, through heaps of leaves, up over rocks.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz