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earthly

[urth-lee] / ˈɜrθ li /




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SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Erika Kirk was standing center stage in a hotel ballroom, explaining the difference between earthly pleasures and heavenly joy, when a heckler interrupted her remarks to shout incendiaries at her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The success is driven in part by a very earthly concern: making airplane wifi more reliable.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

That show was set against giant glowing planets that signalled his ambitions, while Tuesday's looks were rooted in more earthly beauty, particularly the elegance of bird life.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

The Spanish singer's fourth album is an exhilarating - and profoundly moving - exploration of the human condition, that asks why the earthly and the holy have to be so far apart.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Considering the whole span of earthly time, the opposite effect, in which life actually modifies its surroundings, has been relatively slight.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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