soil
Example Sentences
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Heavy deluges and saturated soils have the potential to cause significant damage to homes, transport infrastructure and food supply.
From BBC
The precise effects remain uncertain -- for example, reduced rainfall may have increased soil erosion, limited drinking water, forced people to seek new water sources, or hindered plant growth.
From Science Daily
In the first round of talks in Oman on Friday, Iran demanded the right to enrich uranium on its soil.
A year later he would go on trial at Norwich Crown Court with the case against him centred around soil found in his car.
From BBC
Known formally as natural organic reduction, Marantos’ remains will undergo this process to become soil, her sons said.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
