lava
Example Sentences
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"This planet must be much, much more volatile-rich than Earth to explain the observations. It's really like a wet lava ball."
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Snaking through dunes, mountains and lava fields, the pipeline carries oil from huge fields in eastern Saudi Arabia to the country’s Red Sea Coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
What they dug out was at points like "molten lava".
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Scientists have already identified volcanic features, including lava tubes, on both Mars and the Moon.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
Weird stuff is happening that can’t be explained by the laws of nature, in which case our planet might be in store for a global meltdown full of crazy lava explosions and plagues of frogs.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.