firewood

Example Sentences

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Warner recommends checking outdoor areas carefully before gardening or reaching into brush or firewood piles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

As a result, they had to plan their grocery shopping in advance and ration their firewood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Even in more affluent parts of the capital, Havana, people have been cooking with firewood during the blackouts.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

According to a 2019 study by the Nairobi-based African Forest Forum, Sudan had already lost nearly half of its forested land since 1960 due to agricultural expansion, firewood collection and overgrazing.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

With a nervous look at the shadows under the trees, Nhamo crossed the clearing and quickly gathered firewood from a deadfall in a dry streambed.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer