terra firma
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But the fear was that it would happen in space, when you’re 180 miles from terra firma and the nearest fire station.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
Thus began a protracted process of draining lakes and waterways to transform the glittering island city into a European-like capital planted on terra firma.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
“I’m a monster,” Ruby exclaims after a destructive mishap on terra firma, sending the needle on the viewer’s gauge for puberty metaphors flying into the red.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
Stott and Enright said being exposed to the Overview Effect and Oceanview Effect tends to lead adventurers to take action once they return to terra firma.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023
The contraption lay with its stomach on terra firma, heavy and sluggish and looking more like a wounded duck than like one of those newfangled airplanes they were starting to produce in the United States.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
