surface
Example Sentences
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Firefighters battled enormous blazes in León and the neighbouring Galicia region throughout much of August and during the summer 0.8 percent of the country's total surface area was burned.
From BBC
Mann once told an audience something that I believe applies to all of us: “I thought I knew L.A., and I realized that I was just scratching the surface.”
From Los Angeles Times
The resilience masks some strain beneath the surface.
In this process, rain absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and then falls onto exposed land surfaces.
From Science Daily
Candace Owens’ name surfaced repeatedly and rather viciously in a speech given by actor Rob Schneider, often as a point of tension rather than unity.
From Salon
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