earth
Example Sentences
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“When oil spikes, every energy-importing economy on earth suddenly needs more dollars to pay for it. Europe, Turkey, Japan, India — they’re all scrambling for dollar liquidity at the same time,” Skoyles said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer agreed and said: "You should have given a penalty when you gave two like that. How on earth do you not give another one."
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Early in the set, Ye asked his technical crew to “make the earth move slower,” which somebody made happen.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
These lakes are prone to failing because they are precariously dammed by walls made of frozen earth, rocks and ice created by the movement of a glacier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
It was like the earth continuing to revolve after the sun had disappeared.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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