fossilize
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The critical clue for Sanei was a naturally occurring material called inertinite, a stable form of organic carbon in Earth’s crust, formed when wildfires char forests and the burned vegetation fossilizes.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025
Dung that fossilizes, against all odds, is likely to hide new clues about these ancient ecosystems, Qvarnström adds.
From Scientific American • Jun. 30, 2021
His face fossilizes his brush with death, the way that fire gets incarnated by cold, tender welts.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2014
It fossilizes the second section of that amendment.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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