topsoil
Example Sentences
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Typically, after work crews clear away fire debris and several inches of topsoil from burned-down homes, federal or state disaster officials arrange for the same contractors to test the soil for lingering contamination.
From Los Angeles Times
One method -- termed "moving mountains" -- was described in 2015 by China's top industry and technology regulator as "first cutting down trees, then clearing weeds and finally stripping away the topsoil, causing irreparable damage".
From Barron's
In some cases, several feet of topsoil made potentially toxic by the fires must be scraped up and trucked away.
They shoveled off the topsoil, and then they leveled the surface and filled the cracks in with concrete.
From Literature
The typical approach to dealing with contaminated dirt is stripping away the topsoil.
From Los Angeles Times
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