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turf

[turf] / tɜrf /
NOUN
earth
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NOUN
personal territory
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Similarly framed pitches went out to golf companies, resulting in free pallets of turf nutrients and, on loan from Toro for a year, “beautiful red riding machines.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

A pitch in Cambodia where the turf was just the part of the ground with the least gravel.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

The second, an act of pure genius - a daring dribble from his own half leaving England players velcroed to the Azteca turf, before grounding and rounding goalkeeper Peter Shilton.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Whatever the cause, the turf war churned up inside information about Pulte and his grandson.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

I crouched there where I had landed for some moments, hands spread upon the turf, reminding myself that I was stealing only from those who claimed to own me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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