cinders
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She walked its wall-less rooms, cinders crunching beneath her feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 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
I told him about the cinders hitting my back, the smell of hot creosote, and the huge roar as the train straddled the rails above me.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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