hardwood
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In pellets produced from termites feeding on natural hardwood, the estimated amount fell as much as 190-fold between fresh samples and those aged for a year.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Beyond hardwood or turf battles, younger siblings can benefit from a profound shift in parental behavior, a phenomenon Louisiana Tech University sport and exercise psychology professor Dr. Jordan Blazo calls the “rough draft hypothesis.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Clark, an inveterate trash-talker and hyper-competitive athlete, has seemed completely uninterested in courting controversy away from the hardwood.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Around the league, his onetime rivals imagined teaming up with one of the two greatest players ever to take the hardwood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The funeral home smelled of old hardwood, lemon furniture polish, and white lilies and gardenias.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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The exhibition also spotlighted India's diverse range of high-quality hardwoods such as teak, rosewood and ebony, and the country's deeply-rooted traditions of intricate handcrafting by local artisans.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Founded in 1973 with one sawmill in Riverton, West Virginia, Allegheny Wood Products has grown to eight sawmills in the state and touts itself as one of the largest producers of eastern U.S. hardwoods.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
Some varieties prefer to grow in manure, others like living trees and still others flourish on decaying hardwoods like oak logs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
The researchers also identified more exotic ingredients, including dammar and elemi, resins extracted from hardwoods native to Southeast Asian rainforests thousands of kilometers from ancient Egypt.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 1, 2023
An unknown but very large acreage of timber-producing lands is now aerially sprayed in order to “weed out” the hardwoods from the more spray- resistant conifers.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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