ash
Example Sentences
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Bone ash apartments are empty properties which are turned into ritual halls by family members of the deceased.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Reyne told Gil he knew who had done it, but Gil wouldn’t let him punish the accused camper without proof, and anything close to that had turned to ash.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
The Palisades and Eaton fires burned more than 40,000 acres and destroyed at least 12,000 buildings, blanketing the ocean in ash for up to 100 miles offshore.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Their position suggests they were later exposed to heat from lava or volcanic ash after they originally formed.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
But where that morning they had felt the effects of ash and heat, this time they felt nothing but the ground shaking.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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