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soil

[soil] / sɔɪl /
NOUN
earth, dirt
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STRONGEST


NOUN
land where one lives
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West Ham forward Hurst scored a fabulous hat-trick as the Three Lions clinched the game's grandest prize for the only time in their history - and on home soil.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The FDA later identified in testing that the baby wipes were contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia and Burkholderia gladioli, bacterias commonly found in soil and water, in product samples tested by the FDA.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Beginning in the 1880s, he funded Hebrew schools there, as well as agricultural settlements and archaeological excavations meant to reconnect Jews to the soil and the ancient Hebrew civilization buried beneath it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

New talks are scheduled for Monday, ahead of the first World Cup match on US soil on June 12 at SoFi.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Because the frozen permafrost was just a half meter beneath the active layer of soil, all the water on the tundra stayed near the surface.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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