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Being able to banter about blade height and the best time to aerate also gains you access to an office subculture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The water vole is often described as an "ecosystem engineer" or a "mini-beaver" by conservationists, as they dig burrows through watercourses and help aerate the soil.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The obvious utility of iron for fashioning tougher and more durable tools used to clear forests, aerate land, and dig trench- based irrigation systems led others to adopt the new material.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Alternatively, use a medium mixing bowl and a stiff spoon to combine and then stir and whip vigorously to aerate and lighten the mixture.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2022

In general the effect of all this habitation of the soil is to aerate it and improve both its drainage and the penetration of water throughout the layers of plant growth.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Back in Chicago, Miko's Italian ices are churned in an ice cream maker, which aerates mixtures like horchata, guava and the beloved mango, giving them a fluffier texture similar to DiCosmo's.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2023

Shaking liquids with one-inch cubes, for example, aerates the alcohol and emphasizes subtle flavors, and it can also produce thick foams necessary for drinks such as the whisky sour.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2023

Before it sends the sewage back into the closest river, the plant aerates the wastewater.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

But it aerates what’s already been well-trod, offering an alternately pitiless and tenderhearted lens on such hardy themes as character, filial loyalty and American progress at its most naive and voraciously destructive.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2018

The male sea-horse puts the eggs in his breast-pocket; the male Kurtus carries them on the top of his head; the cock-paidle or lumpsucker guards them and aerates them in a corner of a shore-pool.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson

It was installed last month and has been carefully tended and aerated under pink LED lights since.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

The container is sealed tight, aerated and slowly rocked for 40 days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

The Dhokla Aero is aerated white chocolate, cocoa butter and a purée of Dhokla inside.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024

When the capsules are round, they scatter light, making the liquid opaque, much like air bubbles make aerated water appear white.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2024

He inoculated two sealed, aerated cartons with a mixture of two fly strains—ABC and CBA—in a one-to-one ratio.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It started aerating the depths of its reservoirs, in some places by injecting oxygen.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023

Their wide spreading roots help to loosen soil, aerating the earth and reducing erosion.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 2, 2023

The opposite technique is employed if a drink does not call for those ingredients — you stir to avoid aerating.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2023

Operations are now continuing at low tide, and workers are also aerating the water and lighting the channel at night because they think the bacteria causing the smell is photosensitive, Pastrella said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021

So the sheriff stopped and shot twice more, aerating the dump but not the bird.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols