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soil

[soil] / sɔɪl /
NOUN
earth, dirt
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STRONGEST


NOUN
land where one lives
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Promising a licence is one thing, but co-producing the highly sophisticated PAC-2 and PAC-3 interceptors on Ukrainian soil is another, because it involves a lengthy political, legal and technical process.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Gregory said Rothamsted's founders were "genuinely forward thinking" because they kept crop and soil samples.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

"Adapt or fail" is Ambrositsch's stark conclusion, which has led her to plant different varieties more resistant to the heat, and to change how she treats the soil.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

The government says the soil, which is fenced off and covered in grass, is clean—or at least clean enough.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

When she was seven or eight or nine, all the soil had been brown.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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