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clods

noun

plural of clod

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 Once the land is clear, use a rotary tiller to break up the soil clods. — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026 According to the authors, their results suggest that clods of earth can indeed catalyze these reactions without the presence of life. — 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

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Noun

Combine flour, ground almonds, sugar, lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl and whisk to blend evenly so there are no lumps of sugar.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Kuyper was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma earlier this year after noticing unusual symptoms and lumps on her neck and breast.

— Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of lumps

Noun

This one grows in 3-foot-tall clumps that are soft blue-green in spring and early summer, changing to shades of orange, red and purple in fall.

— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
In late summer or early fall, dig up the plant and divide the fleshy roots into clumps with one to three eyes.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of clumps

Noun

Mayer didn’t have that opportunity in the majors, spending chunks of time at second (53 games), third (39) and shortstop (26).

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
At the time, spending on massive pensions for public employees — especially public-safety officials — was consuming larger chunks of the state budget and pushing localities to the brink of bankruptcy.

— Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2026

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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.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
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.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of morons

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Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 July 2026
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.

— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

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