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

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

She hefted another clod of mud at him, menacingly, but did not throw it.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

It might form big clods that damage the crop or cut it into pieces.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2022

When you play sports on grass fields, it’s inevitable that you’ll bring home clods of dirt stuck to your cleats: Call them shoevenirs.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2018

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

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2018

When it comes to mitigating climate change, soil scientists are most interested in what Silver calls occluded carbon — organic material, often in the form of dead microbes, trapped in clods of dirt.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

The black ’dobe clods crushed under their feet.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck