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Example Sentences
Abandoned for years, it is scarred by soot from a 2014 fire that gutted parts of the structure.
The Environmental Protection Agency in 2024 had strengthened limits on fine particulate matter, including soot, which can lead to health problems including strokes, heart attacks and asthma attacks.
Her family’s house on Los Robles was her foundation of stability, but lingering damage from smoke, soot and ash — and the intransigence of agencies charged with removing it — makes going home impossible.
Her burned bureau and the black soot staining the wall reignited her past trauma.
“The number of qualified properties nearly doubled for those with damage from smoke, soot or ash.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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