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Recent Examples of ashThe blaze burned for almost a week, reducing millions of books to ash.—ABC News,
21 Sep. 2026 Then the blast hits, burning Sarah alive (actually a full-sized puppet) and reducing those children to ash.—ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2026 In Figments of Freedom, written, directed by and starring Webber, a Marine goes AWOL, burns his life to ash, and vanishes into America’s fractured heart.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Aug. 2026 Sixty-four of its cities had been reduced to rubble and ash by incendiary bombs, as a submarine blockade strangled its economy, cutting off food, fuel, and raw materials.—
James M. Scott,
Time,
10 Aug. 2026 Usually used to ward off frost and pests, these permeable materials offer a budget-friendly physical barrier against dust and ash too.—Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Aug. 2026 Through it all, their bullpen was consistent … in the way that an uncontained wildfire consistently turns acreage to ash.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
15 July 2026 Now, the cabin where those memories were made has been reduced to ash.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026 The fires in West Miami-Dade that have sent smoke, soot and ash into nearby communities, prompting over 200 people to leave their homes, is more than half contained as of Thursday, according to the Florida Forest Service.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
The Food and Drug Administration recommends disposing of drugs by dropping them off at a take-back location or by mailing them using a prepaid envelope that is delivered to a facility where the drugs are incinerated.
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Sunny Linnebur,
The Conversation,
18 Sep. 2026
And this particular person, his name is Tom Swift, just happened to be in an elevator, wrong place, wrong time when the plane hit and the jet fuel from the plane went right down the elevator shaft and incinerated it.
Medical examiners typically cremate remains after a certain period of time if they are not claimed, which prevents family members from making an identification at a later time, Hess said.
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Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
24 Aug. 2026
The village’s daily rhythms are ordered by the passing trains—until a train arrives from Pakistan loaded with the corpses of Sikh refugees, and the community is made to cremate the dead.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 July 2026
The James Madison transfer broke the deadlock against Maryland on a fourth-and-one near midfield, taking a direct snap 45 yards to the house and igniting scoring that seemingly never stopped.
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Connor Dullinger,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Sep. 2026
Still, the perception that the food supply is riskier has been enough to ignite political rancor.
At least one car was torched in Strasbourg in the east and riot police clashed with youths in Toulouse in the southwest.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
2 Oct. 2026
In New England, the first act was to steal our corn and acorns and beans in 1620 and to torch our villages with men, women, and children inside and to sell the survivors into slavery.
This photograph shows a fire burning at the Dobrobut medical centre following a Russian aerial attack on Kyiv on 28 September 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2026
Continue reading … CHIPS OFF THE TABLE — Former Obama aide says Democratic donors still feel burned, cautious after 2024.