earth

Example Sentences

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As well as having the largest proven oil reserves in the world, Venezuela is rich in gold, diamonds, critical minerals and rare earth minerals - including some of those used in mobile phones.

From BBC

Few details of her plans have been revealed so far but her brother, congress speaker Jorge Rodriguez, said Monday the reform would allow "large foreign companies" to exploit minerals and rare earth elements.

From Barron's

‘What on earth is going on?’ he asks.

From Literature

We held our breath as Granda lifted up the small potatoes, then patted them under the earth again.

From Literature

And so we learn about the various mainstream caliphates over the centuries, the Umayyads and the Abbasids, and ultimately the Ottoman sultan-caliphs based in Istanbul who took on the role of “God’s shadow on earth.”

From The Wall Street Journal