wood
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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
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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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