turf
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The nonprofit said that the plan is to release Jackie back to her home turf if and when she’s healthy and able to hunt and protect herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
It has not been uncommon for the goalkeeper to sit on the turf and signal for the physio, with all the other players rushing to the technical area for a team talk.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Pressure to cut costs has intensified as Chinese brands have sought to export their way out of cut-throat competition at home, threatening European carmakers on their home turf.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Second, Meta Platforms showed the world it could potentially compete with the two leading AI labs, OpenAI and Anthropic, on their own turf, delivering high-performing models for the lucrative coding market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Her small hands grab fistfuls of the grassy turf, lining them up beside the hole.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
“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
Slit film is one of three types of synthetic turfs used in NFL stadiums, and the NFL Players Association recently called for a ban on it and for all such playing surfaces to be replaced.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
"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
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
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
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
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
He found that a small brand, burning away to its outer end, had kindled some fern at the edge of the fire, and the fern blazing up had set the turves smouldering.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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
I have to say that I did run afoul of the authorities in Iran and was turfed out with 48 hours to leave and probably couldn’t go back, but I completely second what Pico said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
A disgusted Manoah knew that he might have turfed his team’s chances before they’d even seen a pitch from Castillo.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 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 Cobbold, Richard
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"Digging" by Seamus Heaney
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