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Emitted near the ground, soot is a short-lived warming agent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
If you’re a burger lover, order the duck burger, made with in-house ground duck and served Oklahoma-style with grilled onions.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
A pitch in Cambodia where the turf was just the part of the ground with the least gravel.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
They say this created a situation where the aircraft's systems briefly believed the plane was actually on the ground, even though it was in the air.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
She was meant to have peeled that single mushroom from the ground, not yank out the entire troop.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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