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  • past tense form of grind.
  • past participle of grind.
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ground

[ground] / graʊnd /






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"Projects like this demonstrate how targeted investment can support practical conservation action on the ground," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Think back now, and I can still picture walking out before kick-off to see our end of the ground decked in red and white and hear the amazing rendition of Delilah from our supporters.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The ground soaked up as much as a small city uses in a year, and the groundwater rose beneath the farm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

He also advised residents to move their cars to higher ground.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

When the bus ground to a stop, we were at a freight yard somewhere on the outskirts of the city.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Los Angeles County uses a network of 27 spreading grounds, where artificial basins fill up when storms send torrents cascading down from the mountains into the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

An iced coffee shouldn’t be grounds for rejecting a candidate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Above all, though, the report criticized the museum on grounds that echoed Brooks and the 2002 blue-ribbon commission, saying that it failed to offer visitors a unified narrative of the nation’s history.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

When UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham embarked on his trip to the United Nations in New York, he might not have been expecting a question about football fans drinking alcohol in grounds.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Broken-down farm machines and piles of junk were strewn across the grounds.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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