dirt

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Satellite images suggest the company started moving dirt on the site in October, but there wasn’t significant construction activity between February and late March, according to research firm Cleanview.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The state media broadcast featured the 42-year-old dictator paying homage to the deceased, scattering dirt over one tomb and laying a white rose on another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It is sealed off by a wire fence but can be approached by a series of dirt paths.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Researchers carefully sift through dirt samples and use specialized tools called micromanipulators to isolate the tiny shards.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

It was amazing they both weren’t devoured by pixies, but then I saw a dozen servants surrounding them, swatting the pixies away with big paddles or spraying them with dirt.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff