lumber

Example Sentences

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He also raised levies on specific items such as steel, lumber and cars and ended rules that had allowed shipments worth less than $800 to enter the country, among other measures.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Meantime, Indiana is trying to bait the Bears to lumber over the state border and set up a den in the city of Hammond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

For example, he used a different law to impose import taxes on steel, aluminum, lumber and other sectors, and those sector-based tariffs are not getting addressed in this case.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026

This was the largest redwood lumber mill in the world, resulting in clashes with the environmental community for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

He agreed and every evening after he came home from work, he sent Roberto and me to the city dump to look for discarded lumber to build a floor inside our tent.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez