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
  • Morgan willing to take lumps with rookie kicker While Canales has been lukewarm in his comments about rookie kicker Ryan Fitzgerald, Morgan offered a more polished endorsement on Thursday.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • These lumps typically develop in areas of the body where the skin rubs together, and can be recurrent.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • One study uses a new astrophysical computer simulation that models turbulence within the cloud, causing fragmentation into smaller, star-forming clumps.
    Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Continue propagating mature clumps by division in spring.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pastors in the African Methodist Episcopal Church were giving up chunks of their salaries to colleagues who lost churches in the area.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Ship sports other battle scars as well; several chunks are missing near its base, which looks a bit like the ear of a dog that lost a fight.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That's right, thanks to the one and only Taylor Swift for hopping on and deciding to talk with two complete idiots that don't know anything about the music industry.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This doesn't mean the Furons are idiots who got lucky, though.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 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
  • During the competition, the losers are executed and the lone survivor is declared the winner.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But one this unique and anticipated deserved its own breakdown of winners and losers.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 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
  • And when the fire happened, the geese still needed their mother very much.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The sitter was responsible for watering the garden and houseplants, feeding and caring for three cats, a Labrador named Trip, and a flock of chickens, geese, and 11 baby chicks.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Clods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clods. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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