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Recent Examples of firewood
When the homeowner and Jackson told Omondi to leave, Omondi allegedly picked up a piece of firewood and hit both Jackson and the homeowner in the head.
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Briauna Brown, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
During a blackout in February, Maykol’s neighbors chopped up a chair to use as cooking firewood rather than let the meat in their fridge rot.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Two of the campgrounds are open year-round, and the facilities have restrooms (with modern rain shower heads), firewood, a dump station, and a comfort station.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
In the case of patios with fireplaces or pits, stacking firewood thoughtfully doubles as storage and display.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026
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Briauna Brown, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
During a blackout in February, Maykol’s neighbors chopped up a chair to use as cooking firewood rather than let the meat in their fridge rot.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Two of the campgrounds are open year-round, and the facilities have restrooms (with modern rain shower heads), firewood, a dump station, and a comfort station.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2026
In the case of patios with fireplaces or pits, stacking firewood thoughtfully doubles as storage and display.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 15 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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The idea to create these pieces, which deftly straddle the world of art and fashion, came from a sketch that founder Erin Saluti made more than a decade ago—her dream purse, made from a block of wood.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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Pick your fish from the chalkboard, choose your preparation, then watch the wood-fire theatrics.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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More recently, Kroehnke added accessories like a mast and sail using additional hardware store lumber.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Apr. 2026
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Spanning more than 109 acres, a landscape which is now home to the Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets, the original factory had 3,500 workers on payroll and annual production required 100 million feet of lumber and 150,000 tons of iron for wheels, axles, plates, bars and structural material.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Fisher used an electric guitar fashioned from a beam recovered during his renovations of a church stairwell.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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Bally’s Chicago hosted a topping-off ceremony yesterday marking the placement of the final beam, a milestone signifying the completion of the structural framework.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firewood. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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