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Being able to banter about blade height and the best time to aerate also gains you access to an office subculture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The water vole is often described as an "ecosystem engineer" or a "mini-beaver" by conservationists, as they dig burrows through watercourses and help aerate the soil.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Equipment installed at various points along contaminated creeks to aerate the water ended up releasing chemicals into the air.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

A keystone species, bears are known to till and aerate soil as they search for potato-like roots like Alpine sweetvetch, munch on berries, and later deposit the seeds through their scat.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2023

Erickson explained to me that the pieces of ceramic were probably intended to help build up and aerate the muddy soil for settlement and agriculture.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Shaking liquids with one-inch cubes, for example, aerates the alcohol and emphasizes subtle flavors, and it can also produce thick foams necessary for drinks such as the whisky sour.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2023

Before it sends the sewage back into the closest river, the plant aerates the wastewater.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

Start by whisking your dry ingredients together — this not only combines them, it aerates them.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2021

But it aerates what’s already been well-trod, offering an alternately pitiless and tenderhearted lens on such hardy themes as character, filial loyalty and American progress at its most naive and voraciously destructive.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2018

The male sea-horse puts the eggs in his breast-pocket; the male Kurtus carries them on the top of his head; the cock-paidle or lumpsucker guards them and aerates them in a corner of a shore-pool.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson

Other artefacts include an empty bottle of Armstrong and Dickie stout, likely produced at the former aerated waterworks site at the nearby Whitesands.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

In the oven, that aerated layer rises and sets into a thin, lacquered shell, delicate but intentional.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

It was installed last month and has been carefully tended and aerated under pink LED lights since.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

The container is sealed tight, aerated and slowly rocked for 40 days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

On his orders his sanitary engineer, William S. MacHarg, built a water-sterilization plant on the fairgrounds that pumped lake water through a succession of large tanks in which the water was aerated and boiled.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Grizzly bears also bring benefits, including dispersing seeds and aerating soil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

Their wide spreading roots help to loosen soil, aerating the earth and reducing erosion.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 2, 2023

“More sampling is needed,” Rusyn says, especially because crews working on clean-up efforts will continue excavating contaminated soil and aerating the water in local streams to extract chemicals.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 24, 2023

The opposite technique is employed if a drink does not call for those ingredients — you stir to avoid aerating.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2023

Their mound-building activities serve a useful purpose in aerating and draining the soil.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson