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cinder

[sin-der] / ˈsɪn dər /
NOUN
hot ash
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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

The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

They listen to playlists while pulling carts loaded with cinder blocks: yacht rock for mornings, Jock Jam in the afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

Money for the cement and cinder blocks that rose out of the ground in solid, grey walls and flat square roofs.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Life savings, memories and livelihoods: all cinders within hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 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

He hid behind a seawall for hours, the wind blowing hot ash and cinders over him.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

Some buildings were merely singed, but others were little more than ash and cinders.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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