dirt

Example Sentences

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Around sunset on Sept. 22, six days after Cynthia was last seen, a rural landowner was walking her dog on a private dirt road 40 miles south of Arlington when she noticed a foul odor.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Last year, it attained a valuation of $2.96 billion and recently finished two years of digitizing maps and other documents from the state archives in neighboring Zambia, where it hit pay dirt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

We stood atop a dirt patch next to a crumbling curb.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The 'terrao' - essentially a dirt pitch - where he grew up completed his football education.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

It was amazing they both weren’t devoured by pixies, but then I saw a dozen servants surrounding them, swatting the pixies away with big paddles or spraying them with dirt.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff