charcoal
Example Sentences
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The fridge lies empty, the electric stove is not working, and the only available cooking method is a small charcoal grill her husband built.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
One man in the small town of Aguacate made headlines after he modified his 1980 Fiat Polski to run on charcoal, the same fuel many people here are now cooking with.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
To better understand past fire activity, researchers examined charcoal preserved in peat deposits from Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
Media manipulation has become, in contemporary art, almost as common as charcoal drawing was a century-and-a-half ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
If he hadn’t been immune to fire, Leo would have been charcoal.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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