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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

Equipment installed at various points along contaminated creeks to aerate the water ended up releasing chemicals into the air.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

A keystone species, bears are known to till and aerate soil as they search for potato-like roots like Alpine sweetvetch, munch on berries, and later deposit the seeds through their scat.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2023

Erickson explained to me that the pieces of ceramic were probably intended to help build up and aerate the muddy soil for settlement and agriculture.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

Shaking liquids with one-inch cubes, for example, aerates the alcohol and emphasizes subtle flavors, and it can also produce thick foams necessary for drinks such as the whisky sour.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 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

But it is good for me to go to such affairs—it is like a waterbreak in a stream—it aerates and agitates the mind.

From Father Payne by Arthur Christopher Benson

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

In the oven, that aerated layer rises and sets into a thin, lacquered shell, delicate but intentional.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

It was installed last month and has been carefully tended and aerated under pink LED lights since.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 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

He inoculated two sealed, aerated cartons with a mixture of two fly strains—ABC and CBA—in a one-to-one ratio.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

It started aerating the depths of its reservoirs, in some places by injecting oxygen.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023

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

From National Geographic ● Oct. 2, 2023

The marsh fiddlers are important in other ways as well, being useful scavengers and aerating the mud of the marshes by their extensive burrowings.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson