lumber

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It also faces steeper tariffs on steel, aluminium and softwood lumber.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Some worried that new tariffs would drive up the price of lumber and steel and that immigration raids could increase the cost of labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

She also said she was still figuring out how to rely a little less on lumber, which faces stiff tariffs, to make furniture.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

This was the largest redwood lumber mill in the world, resulting in clashes with the environmental community for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Daddy and his crew would cut trees down, then use his horse-drawn wagon to haul lumber from the logging camps to the mill for cutting.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson