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clod

[klod] / klɒd /


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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

Like most of Crumbl’s offerings, it was plump, doughy, intensely sweet and topped with a thick clod of frosting.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 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

Doubletree Mutt came sideways and embarrassed up through the vegetable patch, and Jody, remembering how he had thrown the clod, put his arm about the dog’s neck and kissed him on his wide black nose.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

Even the venal clods burst to complicated life.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 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

I’ve had plenty of experience trying to fend off these clods for years.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2018

I pulled up manioc, knocking away clods of dirt and stuffing it into the duffel.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer


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