soil
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West Ham forward Hurst scored a fabulous hat-trick as the Three Lions clinched the game's grandest prize for the only time in their history - and on home soil.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“There’s a lot of unknowns,” said Sasha Travaglio, a spokesperson for the Santa Rosa Island fire Burned Area Emergency Response team, which includes a hydrologist, a soil scientist, an archaeologist, a paleontologist and a botanist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
For now Artan remains in Turkey's main city Istanbul following his removal from US soil, but it is believed he will return to Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Beginning in the 1880s, he funded Hebrew schools there, as well as agricultural settlements and archaeological excavations meant to reconnect Jews to the soil and the ancient Hebrew civilization buried beneath it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Roz had to concentrate to keep from slipping in the soft, muddy soil.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Vocabulary lists containing soil
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Can You Dig It? Words for Dirt and Soil
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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