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[urth] / ɜrθ /


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The Pentagon on Monday announced an additional $25 million investment in ReElement “to expand domestic refining capacity for rare earth elements and other defense-critical minerals.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

In court documents, the state has cited the presence of rare earth minerals, including uranium, as well as untapped energy resources, as assets that could be exploited.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

There are fluorescent lights, sweated-out windows, pizzas stacked like evidence, and the unshakable feeling that every other shopper is experiencing their first day on earth while glitching gently in front of the popsicles.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

“Memory names and highflying AI plays have all come back to earth the last few weeks,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

She reached the roots of the fallen tree, lowered herself down, and collapsed to the earth.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The European Commission, which leads EU trade policy, is working on an instrument that would force businesses to diversify their suppliers in critical sectors like chips and rare earths.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

It has also squeezed exports of heavy rare earths to Japan, critical minerals that are essential for manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

The fight is emblematic of the cutthroat competition to establish an all-American supply chain for rare earths.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

One reading is that economic weapons work, as China deployed rare earths as leverage and got concessions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

“Adiah was able to take that volume of splendor into her body nearly a hundred years ago, during the Bonding, when it rose to the earths surface in a greater magnitude than usual,” she said.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

They are earthed in this big moment, respectful of the tradition they are now associated with, the tradition of Washington’s special friends being drawn to the nation’s bosom.

From The Guardian Sep. 27, 2019

Far from having their heads in the clouds, they feel earthed.

From The New Yorker Jun. 22, 2018

It would be easy to get away with a sense of Laura Linney as all sweetness and light – but she is, I think, complicatedly earthed.

From The Guardian May 27, 2018

Each of the sonatas is echt-Argerich: totally unpredictable from note to note, they fly like the most charming, sensual kite imaginable, ecstatically free and yet still earthed.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2014

The leaves will thus blanch without being earthed up, and speedily become white.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing

It added that it had existing lightning and earthing protection on its biogas tanks.

From BBC Oct. 5, 2023

“Everybody’s got some funny joke about grounding or earthing or trying to make a joke about being a hippie, or whatever the funny narrative is,” he said.

From Washington Times Jul. 13, 2023

San Francisco’s Joc Pederson also counts on constant support from Martin and is committed to breath work and earthing.

From Washington Times Jul. 13, 2023

Proponents of "earthing," or skin-to-skin contact with soil argue that this practice reduces anxiety.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2020

Little earthing up is needed, but when the foliage is about nine inches high the addition of a small quantity of warm soil along the rows will be beneficial.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons




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