earthy
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“The kangaroo’s seasoning is best done using native saltbush; this gives an earthy and balanced seasoning to the protein. The beetroot and balsamic purée is dark, rich, and sharp,” says Bendrau.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Bright and juicy, earthy and floral, with a light ruby color and notes of strawberry and fresh black cherry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
These days, wellness products that used to be branded in spiritual and soft, earthy, non-Western ways during the Goop era are now promoted by men in tight black T-shirts talking about optimization and hard science.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
I love salty, earthy, nutty and bittersweet toppings, like nut butters, funky cheeses and dark chocolate.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The air smelled clean and earthy, and everything looked crisp and glossed with sun.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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Fans of her earthier material won't be disappointed, though.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Kombuchas made from black tea and pu-erh, meanwhile, displayed richer, earthier aromas with more pronounced fermentation characteristics.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
But for those of us with slightly earthier tastes, she remains the indelible Barbara Kean of the bygone, Batman-adjacent “Gotham.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Black beans bring a deeper, earthier tone; pintos are soft and nutty, more traditional.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
The taste was not the same as it had been the night before: it was earthier and richer, more sustaining and food-like, so to speak.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Where it runs into some turbulence — and despite the best efforts of everyone involved in director Eric Schaeffer’s accomplished production, it eventually does — is in its earthiest realm.
From Washington Post
In that babel of cryptic foreign words, inscribed in an equally cryptic shorthand, Pepys confided to his diary all the earthiest details of his rakish life in London in the 1660s.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And the high-resolution satellite images that became commercially available last year will move the earthiest of endeavors into cyberspace.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Throughout, imbuing the earthiest, coarsest things with the highest spiritual ardor, run the passionate preachings of the "Apostles."
From Time Magazine Archive
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He knew full well that that peaceful interim would be used by Jake to raise earthworks of the earthiest kind, and to train his guns with deadly accuracy upon his enemy.
From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Ridgwell Cullum
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