clay
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His company, Terran, is testing a machine to build 3D-printed homes out of dirt and clay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The residues are sorted, ground and mixed with a maceration of gum arabic to facilitate ignition, and with clay to slow combustion.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
Raducanu competed at Indian Wells in early March but then skipped the Miami Open and the Linz Open, which had been due to be her first clay court event of the year.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
The combustible Russian has made no secret of his dislike of playing on clay, previously describing it as "a surface for losers".
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
They’ll clink their clay mugs, take a long drink, and lean back shoulder to shoulder against Tia Berta’s one-hundred-year-old pecan tree.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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