lumber
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Inside a factory alongside Interstate 5 in the San Joaquin Valley, a forklift delivered a stack of precut lumber to two waiting carpenters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The U.S. is unlikely to reduce these much unless it gains ground on thornier issues, especially with Canada on lumber or dairy, says Owen Tedford, an analyst at Beacon Policy Advisors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Surfboards, ladders, long-stock lumber, the perennial Christmas tree—all of it can stick through the open hatch window long enough to get where you’re going.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The back garden now resembles a landfill site, with a huge pile of seed trays, lumber, compost and empty bottles of growing solution left behind.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
At this time of year, it should have been full of fishing vessels and ships carrying goods from the north—woolens, lumber, stone from mountain quarries.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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