timber
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Mud and sand inundated the Long Beach Peninsula as waves breached the boardwalk’s protective timber bulkhead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
In the mid-1980s, the Victorian government launched a major restructure of the timber industry, and invested today’s equivalent of A$26 million to explore alternatives to clearfelling.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
Most Baiga houses have low mud walls, rough timber and bamboo, and tiled or thatched roofs patched with plastic against the rain.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
China's import list includes more than 1,600 categories of American goods, including meats -- beef, pork, poultry and seafood -- grains, dairy, whiskey, coal and timber.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
I knew John Eye’s legend—how the timber had given way in his section and how he held up the roof with his broad back until the other miners got out.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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