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Recent Examples of ash
The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires reduced more than 15,000 structures to ash in a matter of days.
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Santina Contreras, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden.
Making firewood.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Elsewhere in the Kardashian multiverse, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet went public with their relationship, kissing and cuddling in the VIP section with Chalamet ashing cigarettes into the crowd … have some more respect for both the artistry and Diana Ross’s lungs.
—Vulture, 5 Sep. 2023
For charcoal, ignite a large chimney of coals, let burn until lightly ashed over, then distribute the coals evenly over one side of the grill bed; open the bottom grill vents.
—Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
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Santina Contreras, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden.
Making firewood.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Elsewhere in the Kardashian multiverse, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet went public with their relationship, kissing and cuddling in the VIP section with Chalamet ashing cigarettes into the crowd … have some more respect for both the artistry and Diana Ross’s lungs.
—Vulture, 5 Sep. 2023
For charcoal, ignite a large chimney of coals, let burn until lightly ashed over, then distribute the coals evenly over one side of the grill bed; open the bottom grill vents.
—Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
See All Example Sentences for ash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ash
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Demerzel shields the embryo with her body, and both are incinerated, vanishing in a white-hot instant, love and code consumed together.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The study estimated that more than 75 percent of that textile waste is eventually incinerated.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ben Hania lights a connective fuse between documentary and drama, using the actual recordings of the panicked girl and the emergency workers — the latter played by actors who hold the screen with pulsing immediacy.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
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Everyone's got something that lights them up.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Their investigation leads them to Dayal (Soubin Shahir) and Simon (Nagarjuna), members of a crime syndicate using one of Rajasekar's inventions — a chair-like contraption with the ability to cremate bodies — for their own nefarious purposes.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The Bureau of Land Management confirmed to USA TODAY that cremated human remains were found outside Searchlight, Nevada.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel needs to incapacitate Hamas in the city to avoid a repeat of the October 7 attack that ignited the war.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The effort sparked the offense and ignited the home crowd.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The star of Big Little Lies confessed her new film, Caught Stealing, kindles a powerful yearning for some aspects of the era.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Protesters targeted symbols of political power, torching government buildings—including parts of Singha Durbar and the president's residence at Sital Niwas—as well as private homes of political figures.—
Sonal Nain,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The following month, a blistering heat wave torched the Midwest, bringing temperatures in the mid-90s for a week straight.—
Ivy Scott,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sheen was fired from the series in 2011.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Dowd was fired later that evening.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lapin and her family were among the more than 150,000 people throughout Los Angeles forced to evacuate their homes because of the blazes, which burned more than 40,000 acres and destroyed over 16,000 structures.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Historic data In 2024, California experienced 305 fires caused by lightning, resulting in 90,206 acres of wildland burned, according to NIFC records.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Ash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ash. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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