the ground
noun
: the surface of the earth
An apple fell to the ground.
The flight was watched by many observers on the ground.
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The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Miami rushed the football 32 times total for 197 yards on the ground.
—Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
Caesar and Coca were soon joined on the show by the diminutive Howard Morris, whom Caesar could hoist from the ground and glare at face to face, and by Carl Reiner, tall like Caesar but as happy as Sid was miserable—the ideal second banana.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
In another photo obtained by TMZ, Matthews also mocked Perry’s headline-making photo of her kissing the ground following her return to Earth.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 10 Nov. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Miami rushed the football 32 times total for 197 yards on the ground.
—Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
Caesar and Coca were soon joined on the show by the diminutive Howard Morris, whom Caesar could hoist from the ground and glare at face to face, and by Carl Reiner, tall like Caesar but as happy as Sid was miserable—the ideal second banana.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
In another photo obtained by TMZ, Matthews also mocked Perry’s headline-making photo of her kissing the ground following her return to Earth.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the ground
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“The ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ground. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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