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Recent Examples of firewood
Move stacked firewood far away from the house.
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Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 18 May 2026
Health officials say people can also encounter hantavirus risk while handling firewood, working in rodent-prone outdoor areas or disturbing rodent nests and burrows.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
But with incomes below $3 a day, many can no longer afford pricier LPG cylinders and are reverting to stoves that burn firewood, or returning to villages where wood is easier to find.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Store firewood piles away from your home, and plant shrubs at least 12 inches from your foundation.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
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Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 18 May 2026
Health officials say people can also encounter hantavirus risk while handling firewood, working in rodent-prone outdoor areas or disturbing rodent nests and burrows.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
But with incomes below $3 a day, many can no longer afford pricier LPG cylinders and are reverting to stoves that burn firewood, or returning to villages where wood is easier to find.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Store firewood piles away from your home, and plant shrubs at least 12 inches from your foundation.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firewood
Noun
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In the short video, a giant mass of salmon — an uncountable number of fish — are stacked up like cordwood in the narrow stream.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
15 May 2025
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Some of the early subscriptions to the Litchfield Independent were paid for with cordwood, farm produce or muskrat skins.—
Terry Shaw,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2024
Noun
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For centuries, Native American tribes lived in the area, growing crops and building earthlodges, a circular home of earth and wood that was the center of family life, housing multiple generations, according to the National Park Service.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Settlements and farmsteads spread across the state, and each year the timbermen marched deeper into the woods.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The timber titan played a role in shaping Northern California’s lumber economy during the state’s rapid industrial expansion.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
3 June 2026
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Many of the boats used on D-Day were a type invented by a Louisiana lumber businessman who designed a boat that could carry timber in shallow swamp water.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Both of those latter cocktails are pure brightness, while the vanilla from the aged rum and the spice from the bitters in the Old Cuban moves it from poolside to inside as if under a slowly twisting ceiling fan in a smoky room, long narrow beams of light through the wooden shutters.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
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The journalist, Angelina Katsanis, was struck in the knee by a wood beam during a clash between police and demonstrators.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firewood. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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