soil

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The surrounding landscape is made of karst, a type of sharp limestone terrain that lacks stable soil.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

She has a firm idea about the distinction between two very different theories of citizenship: jus soli, based on soil, and jus sanguinis, based on descent.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The soil is returned to the families of those who have died, to use to grow whatever they want in memory of those they have lost.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Among the country’s top cash crops, corn requires a lot of nitrogen fertilizer, while soybean plants fix their own nitrogen in the soil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Moreover, despite how backbreaking it could be, there was a certain thrill in seeing seeds we’d planted a few days before poke tiny leaves out of the soil and shoot unstoppably upward.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo