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dirt

noun as in grime, impurity

noun as in obscenity; immorality

noun as in soil

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noun as in gossip

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Further south in Multan district, always hit hard by floods, the scale of the humanitarian crisis became even clearer, with tents lining dirt roads and highways.

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On Thursday, piles of dirt, concrete shards and other debris surrounded the property, with a bulldozer watching over.

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Patches of weeds and bare dirt were spreading across the fields.

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“Cut the cameras,” Roberts yelled to media members, as he playfully grabbed at his hamstring and wiped dirt off his sweatshirt.

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He zooms the camera in to wisps of white smoke rising from the dirt.

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