lumber
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At first, he was happy to keep the fallen trees from being cut into stumps, turned into mulch or sent to landfills, even if that meant just selling the wood as lumber.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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
It also faces steeper tariffs on steel, aluminium and softwood lumber.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
The president, for example, has at his disposal Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same tool he used to impose import taxes on steel, aluminum, lumber and furniture.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
In the middle of the ranch was a large storehouse where Mr. Bonetti kept lumber, boxes of nails, and other building supplies that he planned to use someday.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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