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earth

[urth] / ɜrθ /


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But as a business, it is the most gloriously cutthroat industry on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

"There were some 48 homes here, they burned," he said, surrounded by charred earth and trees blanketed with a persistent smell of smoke.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

"Friday nights meant Kelly on the telly. I grew up watching him interview some of the biggest names but still being just like one of yer da's mates, he had such down to earth charm."

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Sweden has known rare earth mineral deposits in Kiruna, Bergslagen and Norra Kärr outside Gränna.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

Tante Jans believed that our welfare in the hereafter depended on how much we could accomplish here on earth.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Rare earths are heavily used across ship technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The company later disclosed that it had entered a 15-year deal to sell its magnetic rare earths to a special-purpose vehicle, capitalized in part by the U.S. government.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

MP Materials is meant to undercut China’s dominance in rare earths and help ensure that U.S. manufacturers can access critical components for advanced electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

It has used its war chest to announce acquisitions of Less Common Metals, a U.K.-based rare-earth-metal maker, and Serra Verde, which owns the Pela Ema mine in Brazil that produces highly coveted heavy rare earths.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Bruno was right—the universe was infinite and there were other earths; and Kepler, who had always insisted that the sun and the Earth were unique, was plain wrong.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

They are earthed in this big moment, respectful of the tradition they are now associated with, the tradition of Washington’s special friends being drawn to the nation’s bosom.

From The Guardian Sep. 27, 2019

Far from having their heads in the clouds, they feel earthed.

From The New Yorker Jun. 22, 2018

It would be easy to get away with a sense of Laura Linney as all sweetness and light – but she is, I think, complicatedly earthed.

From The Guardian May 27, 2018

Each of the sonatas is echt-Argerich: totally unpredictable from note to note, they fly like the most charming, sensual kite imaginable, ecstatically free and yet still earthed.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2014

They are sown in shallow trenches; in spring they are earthed up very slightly, but still with a little trench at the base of the plants.

From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Jekyll, Gertrude

It added that it had existing lightning and earthing protection on its biogas tanks.

From BBC Oct. 5, 2023

“Everybody’s got some funny joke about grounding or earthing or trying to make a joke about being a hippie, or whatever the funny narrative is,” he said.

From Washington Times Jul. 13, 2023

San Francisco’s Joc Pederson also counts on constant support from Martin and is committed to breath work and earthing.

From Washington Times Jul. 13, 2023

Proponents of "earthing," or skin-to-skin contact with soil argue that this practice reduces anxiety.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2020

The leaves are used in the same way as Spinach, and by earthing up the shoots they may be blanched as a substitute for Asparagus.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons




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