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Already the fifth-largest reservoir in California, San Luis would expand by 130,000 acre-feet, enough water for 650,000 people a year, under the project, which calls for raising its 382-foot earthen dam by 10 feet to store more water during wet years.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Her home backs up to Gallinas Creek, where the only thing standing between it and the water is a small earthen levee.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
My first stop was the Lassiwala of Kishan Lal Govind Narian Agarwal, a stand that has been in business for 70 years, serving drinks made with yogurt and sugar and topped with a layer of cream and presented in earthen pots.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
Home to ancient earthen mounds, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia, offers insight into the area's Indigenous history.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
Her home backs up to Gallinas Creek, where the only thing standing between it and the water is a small earthen levee.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
My first stop was the Lassiwala of Kishan Lal Govind Narian Agarwal, a stand that has been in business for 70 years, serving drinks made with yogurt and sugar and topped with a layer of cream and presented in earthen pots.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
Home to ancient earthen mounds, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia, offers insight into the area's Indigenous history.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Earthen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthen. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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