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as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod
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as in soil
the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow
faced with the task of burying his beloved wife in the cold, hard clod of the frontier
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Recent Examples of clod
The machine momentarily pitched forward, straining to loosen it from the ground — and then the electric motor heaved the boulder and a clod of dirt into the air in a puff of dust.
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Nicolás Rivero, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
Canes lay in piles on their sides, ready for the volunteers to knock off dirt clods that otherwise would keep them from drying out, leaving them as a possible threat with the next flood.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
The drift that had formed against the glass crumbled into a pile of fluffy clods.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Garland’s hipster fakery is so outrageous and ludicrous that only a clod would take its indecency seriously.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Apr. 2024
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Nicolás Rivero, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
Canes lay in piles on their sides, ready for the volunteers to knock off dirt clods that otherwise would keep them from drying out, leaving them as a possible threat with the next flood.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
The drift that had formed against the glass crumbled into a pile of fluffy clods.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Garland’s hipster fakery is so outrageous and ludicrous that only a clod would take its indecency seriously.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clod
Noun
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But keep going, turn a corner, and the museum reveals itself: a field filled with the hulks of old airplanes and a series of hangars that hint at more treasures inside.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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Remember: Without the stunning moment when the boat kisses that frozen hulk, this Best Picture winner is just another Romeo and Juliet knockoff.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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Work continues to crack down on bots Work continues still to crack down on bots buying up chunks of tickets.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are both set to miss a significant chunk of the season, while Dominic Solanke’s ankle injury is another cause for concern.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Israel has been engaged in a war with Gaza since a deadly 2023 terrorist attack on Israeli soil, which has seen ballistic missiles and rockets fired at the country.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment equal to all the cash in the jackpot prize pool.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Harris decided to add some lump crab to Linden’s lobster sandwich.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This yuckster attitude was apparently contagious, because Gray herself got in on the act on a day in which she was scheduled to kiss the young hunk Christopher Atkins, who had a recurring role for one season as a camp counselor.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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But inside, slabs of colored glass, hunks of polished resin, and sundry material experiments gleam like mirages in the sunlight that streams in from the ceiling and windows.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Sweep to get rid of any dirt or debris.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Look for pink growing points near the top of the root clump.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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These clumps, in turn, reveal something about the evolutionary history of the star that exploded.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Detroit Lions explicitly ban ticket resales for a profit on Ford Field grounds, according to the team’s website.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The New York Mets lost Saturday and Sunday, so no ground was lost to them in the wild-card standings.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Clod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clod. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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