soil

Example Sentences

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In many boreal regions, flames can spread downward into thick layers of carbon rich soil beneath the forest floor.

From Science Daily

She reached out to pull the plant up, to touch the small clump of potatoes, brown and firm, to brush away the soil with her wrinkled hands.

From Literature

“I think people have come to appreciate that the Olympics on U.S. soil is a unique marketing opportunity for the game,” Manfred said.

From The Wall Street Journal

An international team led by the University of Cologne studied tiny soil worms known as nematodes in Chile's Atacama Desert.

From Science Daily

The attacks were "probably necessary", he said, but he didn't like Americans fighting on foreign soil.

From BBC