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cinder

[sin-der] / ˈsɪn dər /
NOUN
hot ash
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After the crocodile ate a bird that had flown in, staff moved the reptile outside and used cinder blocks to weigh down the grate keeping it closed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

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

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

There we joined the occupants of other barracks—some 35,000 at that time—stretching out of sight in the pale glow of the street lamps, feet growing numb on the cold cinder ground.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

In Los Angeles, alas, we were, last spring, a city of cinders.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2026

"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

Eric and the boy I thought was named Ben gathered broken branches of driftwood from the drier piles against the forest edge, and soon had a teepee-shaped construction built atop the old cinders.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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