How to Use on the ground in a Sentence
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The video ends with the man still on the ground under deputies.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
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Maria put on a mask against the putrid smell and lay down on the ground.
—Philip Wang, Time, 29 June 2026
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As the fires rage on, firefighters on the ground are grieving their dead.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
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After the play, Lasko could not get up and remained on the ground in the outfield.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
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During our time on the ground, we were not prevented from reporting.
—James Longman, ABC News, 3 July 2026
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There are two national guard members waiting in line at the Starbucks on the ground floor.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 July 2026
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As Chisholm was on the ground in shallow right field, a Yankees trainer appeared to check his neck and head.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 30 June 2026
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Seed on the ground molds quickly and attracts disease-carrying rodents.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
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Taylor quickly rose to his feet to track down the ball and throw it into the infield, but Lasko remained on the ground motionless.
—Zach Powell, New York Times, 1 July 2026
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This is very different than what SpaceX is actually doing on the ground.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
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His apartment was on the ground floor of a clapboard building along a block of dilapidated homes surrounded by overgrown weeds.
—Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
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This includes pouring over hundreds of pages of documents and conducting on-site visits to see the situation on the ground.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 29 June 2026
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But now back on the ground, both are facing multiple charges after being taken into custody, according to police.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 1 July 2026
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The camaraderie was evident on the ground here in La Guaira, the coastal city where quake damage was most severe, collapsing dozens of buildings.
—Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
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This situation was well under control between a helicopter and multiple officers on the ground.
—Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 1 July 2026
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The project also includes 17,600 square feet of office space and an almost 3,600-square-foot restaurant on the ground floor.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
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Sources on the ground on July 1 have spotted trucks from production companies at the arena's 33rd Street loading dock.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
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When Israel introduced the yellow line, its boundaries were communicated only through a map, with no physical markings on the ground.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 June 2026
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Although an expert finisher on the ground, Kocsis was particularly renowned for his aerial ability.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 July 2026
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Any room with a balcony facing the Adriatic Sea is worth splurge while Terrace rooms on the ground floor have walk-out patios that are extremely popular with guests.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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Silvano Ippolito, who lives across from the building where the explosion happened, described hearing it and seeing a boy on the ground being attended to by other people.
—Philippe Magoni, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
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Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A rocky start The anniversary rollout has also been plagued by problems on the ground.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 3 July 2026
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The main social space on the ground floor is purposely uncluttered, all the better to shift easily between poolside family frolics, predinner drinks with guests, and ad hoc performances when the muse strikes.
—Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
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The engineer flew in from Tampa to try and find her mother, sister, brother-in-law and nephew in the ruins of their nine-story apartment building, sleeping on the ground since arriving two nights ago.
—Isa Soares, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
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Motorcycle plowed into community celebration In the video, an EMT is treating a person on the ground with an apparent head injury.
—Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 29 June 2026
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It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Chisholm, who was ejected from Sunday’s finale against the Boston Red Sox for slamming his helmet on the ground, and then declined to speak to the media after the game.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 30 June 2026
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The plane crashed last fall while accelerating down the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport, killing killed all three pilots and 12 people on the ground.
—ABC News, 1 July 2026
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Researchers Corey Scher and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University, working with satellite data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 system, stressed that the estimate remains preliminary and has not yet been verified on the ground.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
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