cinder
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“The industry was created 60 or 70 years ago with chicken wire and cinder blocks,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
His throne room is made of cinder blocks and has a dirt floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
It was later knocked down and in the demolition pictures, the way the cinder blocks were on the floor looked like a sculptural painting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
The yard was paved with black cinder, and there was no greenery at all except a few gingko trees in postmodern tubs, placed at dramatic intervals.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
In Los Angeles, alas, we were, last spring, a city of cinders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
"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
He felt the sharp cinders that had been bark push against the back of his knee and knew that Roger had sat down.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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