clod
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Whether it's a twig, a pebble or a clod of dirt, the randomness you get on a large scale is the same.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024
To be fair, there is more to Johnson's story than him simply being a clod when it came to dogs.
From Salon ● May 20, 2023
The one of Rizzo, which was taken down on June 2, makes him look like a misshapen clod in an awkwardly buttoned jacket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2020
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were. as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2018
He dodged every rubber band, coconut custard pie, mud clod, and wadded-up sock ball they flung his way.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Even the venal clods burst to complicated life.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
Digging in soggy conditions can damage a soil’s structure, creating impenetrable clods that hinder roots.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
It might form big clods that damage the crop or cut it into pieces.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2022
But in eight weeks, I fear Boorish clods will appear Dressed as pathogens for Halloween.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020
Every time Papá tilled the furrows, more mud clods bubbled up, leaving the ground coarse and uneven again.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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