lumber
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At a house where a construction worker dumped lumber onto the sidewalk, Phillips strode up and asked what the thought would happen to the scrap pile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Meantime, Indiana is trying to bait the Bears to lumber over the state border and set up a den in the city of Hammond.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
It also faces steeper tariffs on steel, aluminium and softwood lumber.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
The president, for example, has at his disposal Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the same tool he used to impose import taxes on steel, aluminum, lumber and furniture.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026
He made her cover up her eyes at the top of the hill and led her along an old lumber road for a while by the hand.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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