charcoal
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A charcoal ceramic incense burner molded to look like a studded belt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Activated charcoal can remove the smoky taste from rosé and white wine," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
For many, the smell of charcoal and sizzling meat is the scent of summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Both methods revealed traces of charcoal in the paintings' black pigment.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
In the charcoal picture of my parents’ room drawn just after my father disappeared, the bed looms large.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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
The charcoals — another Victorian and a boat on a wharf — are so strikingly solid and finished they might be graphite.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
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
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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