lumber
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So at least the Padres know the lumber isn’t the problem.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Movement of lumber and other wood products helps transport termites, while their concealed lifestyle inside wood makes them difficult to manage.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2026
Sector tariffs are already in place under Section 232, targeting aluminum, steel, lumber and copper, and trade lawyers caution that those could be ratcheted higher.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Buckhannon itself has changed beyond recognition over the decades, its family farms giving way to lumber mills, then coal mining, then strip and mountaintop mining, and now to chain stores and tourism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
I don’t make any small blocks, just big ones—the kind of blocks where you’d find lumber shops and factories and bars where Humble would hang out at and work.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Vocabulary lists containing lumber
"Of Mice and Men"
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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