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cinder

[sin-der] / ˈsɪn dər /
NOUN
hot ash
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The next day, the grate and the cinder blocks were still there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The bear was eventually hit with a dart and fell asleep on top of a cinder block wall dividing two properties, its body straddling either side.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

He has stacked some cinder blocks to anchor iron rods for holding up a sheet, which is meant to serve as a roof.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

It's like saying that come Christmas, a magic dustpan flies in from the North Pole, led by eight flying cinder blocks.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

When he was about Theodore’s age, Read lost his grandmother in a fire and has long been haunted by the memory of walking through her house in cinders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025

"I've been relieved from the burden of my stuff because it's all in cinders."

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

Burning characters to cinders does little but to flatten colonialism into a fiery spectacle.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2024

Five firefighters who were protecting Pomonal sustained minor burns from cinders on Tuesday night when the fire changed direction and burnt over their truck, officials said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

The colour of cinders and ash about them, and the continual smell of burning from their pipes.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury




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