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planet

noun as in celestial body orbiting a star

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What’s more, research has shown that as the planet has warmed, the atmosphere has become thirstier, sucking more moisture from plants and soils and ensuring that dry years are drier.

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OK, he would have wanted to be better, but still a reasonably productive year spread between the PGA and DP World tours - the two hardest circuits on the planet.

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“Look, that’s one of the three people on the planet I’m not going to say no to,” says Albert Brooks.

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About 4.5 billion years ago, a dramatic event transformed the young Earth when a large protoplanet known as Theia struck our planet.

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It covers most of our planet, moves through the human body, and even settles into the tiniest molecular pockets.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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