charcoal
Example Sentences
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One man in the small town of Aguacate made headlines after he modified his 1980 Fiat Polski to run on charcoal, the same fuel many people here are now cooking with.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
After India restricted LPG supplies this month, catering companies were forced to prune their offerings for weddings and other parties—or find other fuels, such as charcoal and wood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
To better understand past fire activity, researchers examined charcoal preserved in peat deposits from Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
In the part of the forest they control, he and other Romee youngsters heave logs to be burned and turned into charcoal, then sent by canoe to the provincial capital Kisangani.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Ranofer bent over the bin, outwardly intent on scooping charcoal into the furnace pan, inwardly cursing the Babylonian and Gebu alike.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
