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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

A keystone species, the bears are known to till and aerate soil as they search for potato-like roots like Alpine sweetvetch, munch on berries, and later deposit the seeds through their scat.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

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

And this is by no means all they do: their burrows aerate the soil, keep it well drained, and aid the penetration of plant roots.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

Start by whisking your dry ingredients together — this not only combines them, it aerates them.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 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 nibs are then ground between stone wheels along with cane sugar for three or sometimes more days in a machine called a melangeur, which also aerates the mixture as it grinds.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2017

Nevertheless, the deep breathing that necessarily comes with all chest exercises aerates every portion of the lungs, and is of great benefit to the whole body.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

The dishes themselves are constantly changing—past offerings have included a reimagined s’more made from an aerated dark-chocolate rock with graham-cracker ganache and burnt meringue, which was paired with strawberry amaro milk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

X, Instagram, and Truth Social reduce complexities once aerated in newspaper articles into media morsels.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

Not just in looks — though a frosting should be aerated and smooth, with enough firmness to hold shape — but also in taste.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2025

It is aerated, or "bubbly" - like an Aero chocolate bar.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024

Their digging to extract the tuber loosened and aerated the soil and fostered regrowth.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Frustrated fans would have to consider new Sunday hobbies, like raking and aerating the lawn, or speaking to their families.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

From National Geographic ● Oct. 2, 2023

When studying frogs in Australia's Watagan Mountains, Gould was surprised to find evaporated puddles where eggs thrived for days, swaddled in nests their mothers whip up by aerating mucus secretions with their toes.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2021

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

Their mound-building activities serve a useful purpose in aerating and draining the soil.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson