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soil

[soil] / sɔɪl /
NOUN
earth, dirt
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STRONGEST


NOUN
land where one lives
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Researchers analyzing metallic iron inside impact glass from Chang'e-6 lunar soil have now identified face-centered cubic γ-Fe for the first time in natural lunar samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Such a ban would include sale, importation and manufacturing on US soil.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

A fifth-generation farmer in an area with agricultural soil that is the envy of the world, Yerxa is facing a hurdle during this fall’s harvest that he didn’t see coming.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

He managed to raise money to cover travel for the children and provide them with essentials when they reached British soil.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

She pulls steadily, sometimes swimming, sometimes stepping on rocks or shallow, gravelly soil.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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