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fertile

[fur-tl, -tahyl] / ˈfɜr tl, -taɪl /


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Those monumental physical traces are to be found in the fertile plains, mountainsides and deserts of the Middle East.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“The ‘Turk’ and the ‘whore,’” Mr. Mikhail tells us, were unpopular in New Amsterdam, being outspoken, litigious and—most unpalatably to their frugal neighbors—commercially successful, owning fertile land and a large grove of fruit trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Popular among grassroots movements, the concept of "Fossil Free Zones" is slowly gaining traction in international meetings and found fertile ground in Santa Marta.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Add to that Hurricane Melissa, which struck the island nation in October 2025, flooding fertile farmland and destroying crops.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Even if a particularly fertile valley could feed 500 archaic Sapiens, there was no way that so many strangers could live together.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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