cinder
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He lost his favorite deer hunting spot to cinder blocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
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
His throne room is made of cinder blocks and has a dirt floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
The front porch was propped on three cinder blocks piled precariously beneath wood flooring that showed signs of rot.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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
Slag looks like pieces of porous rock but actually is the cinders left over when iron ore is melted down to make steel.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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