turf
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Beaten easily by Calvert-Lewin for Leeds' second goal, slapped turf in frustration after the striker fired past him for the third and then failed to block Okafor's fourth.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
She has also made several trips to Pratt’s home turf — the Palisades — where she has met with voters frustrated over last year’s Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
For a change from that bit of torture, Smith challenges teammates to modified games of tug-of-war, where each player grips one side of a massive tire and tries to drag the other to the turf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Rams are the favorite to win the Super Bowl on home turf this season, and for good reason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
There was plenty of room, but for the new part I had to spade through turf, which was much harder digging.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
“The newer generation turfs may be safer than older generation turfs. And so studies that were done five or six years ago may not be including some of those newer generation turfs.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
In most administrations, a natural tension exists between the secretary of state and the national security adviser as their turfs overlap and they vie for the president’s approval.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
"The no-nonsense presentation of award announcements and acceptance speeches was followed by a lively special that impressively showcased contemporary Broadway musicals on their home turfs and classic reunions that felt fresh and welcome."
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2021
D.C. is patrolled by multiple law enforcement agencies, each with their own turfs and tactics.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2021
It consisted solely of heaps of stones—which were handy for throwing down the hole—together with a few rusty Genoese cross-bows with their bolts and a pile of turfs for the unlit fire.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
At nightfall he brought them to his ent-house: nothing more than a mossy stone set upon turves under a green bank.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Hastily he stamped out what was left of the fire, scattered the ashes, and laid the turves on the hole.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
It was newly raised: the raw earth was covered with fresh-cut turves: about it were planted fifteen spears.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
He cut out some turves at the foot of the bank just outside the fern-brake, and made a shallow hole and laid his fuel in it.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
And so the red blood blushing in their faces and their eyes shining with wonder, Frodo and Sam went forward and saw that amidst the clamorous host were set three high-seats built of green turves.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
They said the property would use natural Scottish stone and have a turfed roof.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
That made it a surprise when Titans ownership turfed him out after the 2023 season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Outside, there are turfed grounds, a basketball court, and a four-car garage.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
But the major political figures involved paid the ultimate political price: They were turfed out of office by voters.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
He turfed out half the contents of his trunk before he found it hiding beneath the rolled-up socks in which he was still keeping his bottle of lucky potion, Felix Felicis.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
By turfing the British out, Gálvez denied them a port in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2019
"Haywards Heath is a prime location for turfing you off the train and leaving you stranded with hundreds of people."
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2016
All the Australian tyro cared about was that he possessed the belief and the talent to prolong "the best week of my life" by turfing Nadal out of the grasscourt major.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2014
“We’re not a turfing group for Google’s competitors.”
From Forbes ● Sep. 21, 2011
You say it will take one shilling and sixpence extra for turfing and binding: that will be seventeen shillings and sixpence.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold
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"Digging" by Seamus Heaney
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