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With heartier, earthen purple corn?
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
For example, the canal on the property was originally going to be reinforced with cement, but the Army Corps of Engineers advised against that, saying a natural canal with earthen banks would offer better drainage.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
The jet was 821 feet short of the runway when its tail clipped a power line and crashed into an earthen berm between the highway and a BNSF Railway line.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 26 Aug. 2025
While water runs through sand almost immediately and slower through loam and silt, clay can present such an obstacle to water movement that it is often used as a liner in ponds and earthen dams.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
For example, the canal on the property was originally going to be reinforced with cement, but the Army Corps of Engineers advised against that, saying a natural canal with earthen banks would offer better drainage.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
The jet was 821 feet short of the runway when its tail clipped a power line and crashed into an earthen berm between the highway and a BNSF Railway line.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 26 Aug. 2025
While water runs through sand almost immediately and slower through loam and silt, clay can present such an obstacle to water movement that it is often used as a liner in ponds and earthen dams.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Earthen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthen. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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