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Being able to banter about blade height and the best time to aerate also gains you access to an office subculture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The water vole is often described as an "ecosystem engineer" or a "mini-beaver" by conservationists, as they dig burrows through watercourses and help aerate the soil.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The obvious utility of iron for fashioning tougher and more durable tools used to clear forests, aerate land, and dig trench- based irrigation systems led others to adopt the new material.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Both species disperse seeds, for example, but grizzlies also aerate the soil when they dig for food.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022

In general the effect of all this habitation of the soil is to aerate it and improve both its drainage and the penetration of water throughout the layers of plant growth.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Back in Chicago, Miko's Italian ices are churned in an ice cream maker, which aerates mixtures like horchata, guava and the beloved mango, giving them a fluffier texture similar to DiCosmo's.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2023

Before it sends the sewage back into the closest river, the plant aerates the wastewater.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

But it aerates what’s already been well-trod, offering an alternately pitiless and tenderhearted lens on such hardy themes as character, filial loyalty and American progress at its most naive and voraciously destructive.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2018

The nibs are then ground between stone wheels along with cane sugar for three or sometimes more days in a machine called a melangeur, which also aerates the mixture as it grinds.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2017

The male sea-horse puts the eggs in his breast-pocket; the male Kurtus carries them on the top of his head; the cock-paidle or lumpsucker guards them and aerates them in a corner of a shore-pool.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson

Other artefacts include an empty bottle of Armstrong and Dickie stout, likely produced at the former aerated waterworks site at the nearby Whitesands.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

X, Instagram, and Truth Social reduce complexities once aerated in newspaper articles into media morsels.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

For decades, Wylie Dufresne worked at the cutting edge of haute cuisine, dreaming up high-concept dishes like deconstructed eggs Benedict or cubes of aerated foie gras.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

The Dhokla Aero is aerated white chocolate, cocoa butter and a purée of Dhokla inside.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024

The loosely packed soil on the Fowl estate was very well aerated, and a lot of that air had entered Mulch’s tubes along with the soil and minerals.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Frustrated fans would have to consider new Sunday hobbies, like raking and aerating the lawn, or speaking to their families.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Grizzly bears also bring benefits, including dispersing seeds and aerating soil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

Their wide spreading roots help to loosen soil, aerating the earth and reducing erosion.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 2, 2023

When studying frogs in Australia's Watagan Mountains, Gould was surprised to find evaporated puddles where eggs thrived for days, swaddled in nests their mothers whip up by aerating mucus secretions with their toes.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2021

So the sheriff stopped and shot twice more, aerating the dump but not the bird.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols