Mother Earth
Example Sentences
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For over a century, Mother Earth herself has thwarted every attempt to get at all but the most readily available sources of it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
The teaser's promise that "Mother Earth is expecting" uses the language of birth, playing into the franchise's ongoing themes about motherhood.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024
As incense burned at a ceremony led by Maya leaders, he performed a ritual asking Mother Earth for permission to build the train.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024
“And if you’re going to protect Mother Earth, then why not go with glass? ‘Plastic bad, right?’
From Slate • Sep. 23, 2024
What was the cost of freedom, when it was your brothers buried in the ground, swallowed by Mother Earth?
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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