cinder
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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
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
It prompted me to use cinder blocks as a form of sculpture and think about what kind of modern-day ruins we pass by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
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
Me and Rondell were sitting outside today, on the far cinder block, eating cheese sandwiches, when Mong came walking out of the house and sat on the block right across from us.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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
As cinders rained around her, the woman tried to flag down people driving past for a ride.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
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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