earth

"They've completely disappeared off the face of the earth."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The trick with thrusters was evocative of what SpaceX has now been doing for years with booster rockets cruising back to earth, touching down in landing pads or being snared by launch towers.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Plants’ “signature trick,” the foundation of life on earth, is photosynthesis, which converts light energy into chemical energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

No, we can thank everyone who, during the course of his 38 years on this earth, politely laughed at one of Gillis’ “Cornell 7‘s Big Book of Punchlines” zingers.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

Most mushrooms lived only several days, and Clare had expected the fuzzy white knot to quickly shrivel up and return to the earth.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

As for the rare earths in Myanmar, few experts believe they will ever be of much use to the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Chinese companies have signed a number of energy-related deals, seeking to buy natural gas in Turkmenistan, uranium in Kazakhstan and rare earths in Tajikistan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The EU is also seeking clearer export-licensing arrangements for rare earths and other materials after China introduced restrictions last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Chief among Jonas’s callouts is China’s control of magnetic rare earths, which are used to make motors that are key to actuation systems.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

A universe in which there were two earths within one sphere of water was no longer an Aristotelian universe.

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

We may think of them as two identical lightning conductors, well earthed at the bottom, and supported by non-conducting masts or towers.

From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming

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

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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

“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

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

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2020

If allowed to grow without earthing up, the vines will yield half a ton of hay to the acre.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr