soil
Example Sentences
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Across the country, there are still farms operating under 1960s standards – tin shacks, walls made of baked soil or cement bricks, and no fencing.
From BBC
Months earlier, in March, farmworkers had used a machine to drop each little plant, grown in a greenhouse, into the moistened soil.
From Los Angeles Times
“Say these names to praise the soil,” he writes.
From Los Angeles Times
Recent rains have left soil and new vegetation wet, diminishing the threat of wildfire stoked by wind.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s also a reasonable assumption—and a reassurance—that uniformed U.S. military personnel would be maintaining those jets on Saudi soil.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
