cinder
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After they knocked on the wall and heard knocking back, officers cut into Brewjee’s wall and uncovered only cinder block and cement, according to police.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 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
The walls are paneled with dark wood instead of cinder blocks.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Robinson said he didn’t come to sift the cinders, not today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 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
As cinders rained around her, the woman tried to flag down people driving past for a ride.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
In the first second before her awareness could flow into her other sentinels, it was as though fire scorched away her sight in pieces, leaving ragged holes rimmed in cinders.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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