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dirt

[durt] / dɜrt /


NOUN
soil
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In a corner of a ward, on a platform above the dirt floor, the wife of one of the fighters is about to give birth.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"Being a dirt bag is not authentic. You know, being a dirt bag is being a dirt bag," Pennsylvania centrist Senator John Fetterman told CNN.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

People want dirt, and it’s easy to give it to them.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

That changed in 2024 when he bought his son, then 9, a low-speed dirt bike from Walmart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“The medical students will hit pay dirt with Old Man Lichtenberger,” I said, summing up.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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