earth

Example Sentences

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"Two months without a phone at my age is like you've fallen off the face of the earth and disappeared," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The nonrenewable gas is produced by radioactive decay deep under the earth and escapes into space once released.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

An Australian company has launched a rare earths mining project just outside Joshua Tree National Park in critical desert tortoise habitat, an area the company’s director refers to as an “emerging heavy rare earth district.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

"An example is rare earth elements, which are very scarce on Earth, and there might be parts of the Moon where these are concentrated enough to be able to mine them."

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The worst part was just the moment before, when I went from the exhilaration of soaring through the air to the horror of plummeting toward the hard earth.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff