firewood
Example Sentences
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Roadside signs advertise firewood, free kittens and raw milk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
For years afterward, Angelenos collected firewood from the mangled forest of broken tree branches the waters left behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Madhura Joshi of climate think tank E3G said rural households may turn to biomass like firewood and subsidised kerosene, while some could shift to electricity, biogas or improved cookstoves where available and affordable.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
Despite the ongoing dangers he and his wife are trying their best to create a festive atmosphere, gathering firewood to bake cakes on their stove.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
At one end of the cove, an enormous pileup of wreckage from years of storms provided a steady supply of firewood: block and tackle, hatch gratings, spars, masts, lockers.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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