earth

Example Sentences

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Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Carvana rose 108% to $422.02 in 2025 but has come back to earth this year.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Atsuyoshi Koike, the public face of Japan’s effort to muscle back into the semiconductor industry it used to dominate, first needs to prove he can make them on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“When oil spikes, every energy-importing economy on earth suddenly needs more dollars to pay for it. Europe, Turkey, Japan, India — they’re all scrambling for dollar liquidity at the same time,” Skoyles said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 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