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cinder

[sin-der] / ˈsɪn dər /
NOUN
hot ash
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Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

They listen to playlists while pulling carts loaded with cinder blocks: yacht rock for mornings, Jock Jam in the afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

It was later knocked down and in the demolition pictures, the way the cinder blocks were on the floor looked like a sculptural painting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

He has stacked some cinder blocks to anchor iron rods for holding up a sheet, which is meant to serve as a roof.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

Over by the broken wall, Tyson groaned and stood up from the pile of cinder blocks.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Life savings, memories and livelihoods: all cinders within hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025

"I've been relieved from the burden of my stuff because it's all in cinders."

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

Burning characters to cinders does little but to flatten colonialism into a fiery spectacle.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2024

Leonard tried but couldn’t leave Lahaina in his Jeep, so he scrambled to the ocean and hid behind the seawall for hours, dodging hot ash and cinders blowing everywhere.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

The cinders made hollow crunching noises under his boots.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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