soil
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Students carefully remove soil with trowels while moving along paths between areas containing the remains of a 17th-century kitchen, a friar's residence, and the surrounding Potano village.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The uncertainty in funding has put on hold future missions to Uranus, Venus and Enceladus, and a return of rock and soil samples from Mars, Dreier said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The new space cannot fully replicate the experience of visiting the cavernous undercroft when it was still raw and unfinished, with bottom-level soil so peaty that residue clung to one’s shoes for days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
While there is rain this week, it will not be enough to fully saturate the soil and make a difference to the drought situation.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
New religious faiths sprung from the state’s rich soil: Shakers, Mormons, and Adventists, among others.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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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