charcoal
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The charcoal was distributed consistently throughout the black lines of the figures.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
"The darkening overlaps exactly with the fern spike, the main extinction interval, and elevated abundance of charcoal and PAHs."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Jealous Devil XL lump charcoal lights easily, produces minimal ash and burns for hours; Boom!
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Gas grills heat up faster than charcoal and are easier to control, but they sacrifice some of the smoky flavor that makes live-fire cooking so distinctive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The graduate school offered a free course on charcoal sketching.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
When exposed to fire, the mass timber charcoals and burns a half-inch every hour — so a 4.5-inch panel would last six or seven hours before fully burning, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Supermarkets have also reported soaring sales of ice cream, drinks, BBQ charcoals and suncare products.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2022
The paint brand Dunn-Edwards has declared that trending exterior colors include mineral and nature-based hues like warm grays, sage and brown, along with charcoals and deep blues.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
Daniel Craig musing ’bout donuts inside holes Lovesick French portraitists sketching with charcoals Beautiful pictures projected on screens These are a few of my favorite scenes!
From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2019
If she drew it, she’d use nothing but dark charcoals and twisting lines that fell off the page.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
“The beautiful mountain around us, all those trees, it’s all charcoaled now.”
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
“Cook them on a quick high burst of heat,” advises the Ready Steady Cook regular, “and then gently so the outside is charcoaled dark and the inside beautifully pink.”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2020
And out back, the skeleton of a Valencia orange tree, planted by his mother 65 years ago, was now laden with baubles of charcoaled fruit.
From Reuters ● Feb. 11, 2020
“The terrorists tried to ruin my church, my home, my people,” Nagi said, using the edge of her charcoaled sleeve to wipe tears from her eyes.
From Time ● Aug. 26, 2013
In addition, once the fire died down, Stone Age entrepreneurs could walk through the smoking remains and harvest charcoaled animals, nuts and tubers.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Black and Gray
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Visual Arts - Introductory
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Visual Arts - High School
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