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firewood

[fahyuhr-wood] / ˈfaɪərˌwʊd /
NOUN
cordwood
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Roadside signs advertise firewood, free kittens and raw milk.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

For years afterward, Angelenos collected firewood from the mangled forest of broken tree branches the waters left behind.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

When we arrived back in Serbia with no further travel plans for the first time in a decade, I found an abandoned kitten under a pile of firewood in our shed.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 22, 2026

Madhura Joshi of climate think tank E3G said rural households may turn to biomass like firewood and subsidised kerosene, while some could shift to electricity, biogas or improved cookstoves where available and affordable.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

The woman stopped blowing at the firewood and smiled, a knowing smile, and Olanna wondered if perhaps the woman understood Igbo but chose to humor Arize’s fun-poking.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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