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[wood] / wʊd /


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Black paint spots stain the wood floor below one piece known as “Crayon House.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Elsewhere, he writes that “building furniture out of wood is very satisfying because it is so tangible.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

"The smell is like decaying wood being burned – that's the characteristic smell of peat. And that peat contains decomposed wood and organic material from many different sources."

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Those subsidized tree farms are maturing now, unfortunately at a time when demand for wood fiber has been significantly reduced by global competition, increased use of recycled materials and other factors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

I gathered wood in my arms, and the chickens pecked around my feet for the bugs that dropped from the logs.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

It’s also right behind the woods that frame Lori’s house.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

Torches lit the way for the 30-year-old groom, known by the callsign Ice, and the 32-year-old bride, Khomochka, through the woods to the altar as fellow soldiers formed a guard of honour.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

One of them, “The Scooby-Doo Project,” satirized “The Blair Witch Project” with Scooby and his gang venturing into the woods.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

SAVANNAH, Ga.—Bill Howard’s family has earned a living from the piney woods of southeast Georgia since 1898, when his great-grandfather and seven great-great uncles started cutting lumber with a portable sawmill.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

I thought I had great knowledge of how everything in the woods worked.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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