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as in lumps
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod
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as in clumps
a small uneven mass
a clod of dirt stuck to the bottom of the bucket
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Recent Examples of clods
According to the authors, their results suggest that clods of earth can indeed catalyze these reactions without the presence of life.
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Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
After loosening the soil, gently lift the clump out of the ground and remove any soil clods.
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Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2026
Maybe she is confused by this flat new geography of polished wood and granite with no trace of lumps or clods, where nothing is spongy.
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María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
Machines are shut down and shovels return, covering conduits with clods of soil.
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Steven Searcy,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Aug. 2025
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
After loosening the soil, gently lift the clump out of the ground and remove any soil clods.
—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2026
Maybe she is confused by this flat new geography of polished wood and granite with no trace of lumps or clods, where nothing is spongy.
—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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
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Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
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Lenders will take the keys and private equity will take its lumps, as designed.
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McCary also points out that shorter grass clippings are also less likely to form large or heavy clumps that might smother patches of lawn.
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Plant them in clumps behind or at the edges of a group of dahlias for a stunning early autumn display.
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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
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The president said that his administration would have to drain the pool and start over again as the new liner shed chunks of itself.
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Offerman, whose role provides a framework for the plot, spends chunks of rehearsal watching.
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This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.
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Kids, let’s face it, are idiots by nature, and that’s not their fault.
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The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.
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And Lamanna’s coauthor Jingmai O’Connor, vertebrate paleontologist and associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum, also pointed out wads of bone found in the Changma Basin resemble pellets that owls regurgitate after feeding on prey.
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But what happens next is deeply dependent on who AI’s winners (and losers) are.
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But fans who wanted to see an exciting draft night filled with trades for talent as opposed to trades being made for complicated financial minutiae reasons were probably losers.
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Bathroom sink drains can become clogged from hair, globs of toothpaste, and soapy residue.
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Bieber’s face artfully dotted with globs of lotion.
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“Clods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clods. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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