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In 1994-95, Alan Shearer famously dealt with the pressure of a title race by creosoting his fence; Cantona jumped over a fence with a kung-fu kick.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2020

A man of position and polish, Publisher Bingham now sits on the board of a bank, a railroad, a creosoting company.

From Time Magazine Archive

Olin branched out from shotgun shells, dynamite and rifles into batteries, Cellophane, fabricating metals, lumber, brass, creosoting, cigarette paper, polyethylene food bags and compressed-air coal-breaking equipment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other big Koppers subsidiary is Koppers Gas & Coke, whose activities include such diverse jobs as supplying gas to Montreal and creosoting ties for U. S. railroads.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without going into any discussion of this method of creosoting, it may be said that the same objection made for steaming holds here.

From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)