earth
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Opencast mining involves scraping rock and earth away at the surface to recover coal - creating an open pit, rather than digging deep underground.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The question for investors is when supply may catch up to demand and bring price growth back down to earth.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
But there is no paradise on earth, and for now and forever in some way, this place is my home.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
In the movie, Blunt plays Margaret Fairchild, a TV meteorologist chosen by extraterrestrials as the human through whom they communicate—“the last person on earth that you’d imagine would be destined for this task,” Blunt says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Leah plunged her hands into the cool, wet earth, and quickly felt better.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing earth
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Global Climate Change - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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