terra firma
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Plants migrated from water to terra firma some 500 million years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
That would only have been possible on terra firma, they say.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
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
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
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