clods

plural of clod
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Recent Examples of clods Machines are shut down and shovels return, covering conduits with clods of soil. Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clods
Noun
  • Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These lengthening formulas prioritize coating each lash sleekly, with no bumps or lumps of product.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Add butter and pulse until the mix clumps together to form pea-size balls.
    Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
  • If the plaque weakens and breaks apart, large clumps are released into the blood stream, and a large clump can block an artery, completely shutting off blood flow and causing a heart attack.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The hox gene clusters have two chunks of regulatory DNA that help set the activity of the genes within the cluster, one upstream of the genes, one downstream.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The ring particles mostly range from tiny, dust-sized icy grains to chunks as big as a house.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Too many people are acting like idiots or calling for violence.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But there's always a chance that some idiots somewhere will get hold of this information a few months from now and start making noise about it.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But a safe containing fat wads of cash and a large cocaine stash presents an opportunity.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As the probe unfolded, Kelly Dever was one of several low-rent Canton losers who couldn’t keep their stories straight when questioned by the feds.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The houseguests then voted between the two comp losers, and when Julie announced the results, Will was evicted by a vote of 3-2 and became the season’s second jury member.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some are slow and heavy brutes that have tons of health while others are slightly but deal more damage.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Egyptian geese, on the other hand, often represented blessed souls in ancient iconography.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And when the fire happened, the geese still needed their mother very much.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Clods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clods. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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