Recent Examples on the WebThis involves tasks such as regular yard maintenance and removing any flammable material from around the perimeter of the home, including propane tanks, stacks of firewood, and patio cushions.—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024 Inside Ventura’s Pierpont Tacos on Seaward Avenue, Joseph Kenton and Anna Tyler were taking a break from delivering firewood from Ojai on Sunday morning.—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024 The park provided firewood for the fireplace and propane for hot water, cooking, lights and a refrigerator.—Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024 The building even delivers firewood to residents’ doors.—Curbed, 23 Jan. 2024 Beetles are a common indoor visitor when firewood containing insects is brought indoors.—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024 Keep cozy in a room outfitted with a woodstove (firewood included), or sweat it out in the summer as cabins lack electricity.—Jennifer Prince, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024 With firewood running low, sharing a bed just makes economic sense.—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023 The group was held for 52 days, during which they were tortured and beaten; some had their genitals burned with a piece of firewood, Mr. Mukiibi said in an interview.—Apoorva Mandavilli Esther Ruth Mbabazi, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
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