clod

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

In another, weeds frozen under a dusting of snow wilt into a clod of root-tangled soil.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Tau proteins play an important role in stabilizing neurons, but with age, they can start to clod together, forming tangles that are neurotoxic and can jam themselves into the entire intracellular space of a neuron.

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2022

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

I turn and see a hardened clod of dirt on the ground.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

As Teichman looked on, a few farmhands gingerly coaxed the cuttings out of the plastic sleeves, exposing young roots tangled in clods of soil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2018

The lip of the grave crumbled beneath her foot as she climbed, sending clods of dirt tumbling into the pit.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo