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as in land
the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air at the first sound of gunfire we hit the dirt

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as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal tread carefully, as there's cow dirt all over the pasture

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Recent Examples of dirt There is only gravity, dirt, rock, and sky. Emily Meg Weinstein september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025 The flood left a silt dirt behind, which can be home to these tiny flies that lay their eggs in organic matter typically found in sewer or piping systems. Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025 Two of the leaders of Sticks & Sprouts gave a status update on the potential mud-and-water project for the patch of dirt next to the elementary-school playground. Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025 Since its inception in 1991, the Pacific Classic has been a showcase for classic distance dirt horses. Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dirt
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Noun
  • Qatar denounces ‘cowardly’ Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders Israel launched an aerial strike against senior Hamas leaders in Doha on Tuesday, in its first direct attack on Qatari soil, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What Mill does is preserve food as a resource, keeping nutrients intact so they can be used to feed soil or farms.
    Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And yet in restructuring Patagonia to ensure that its profits are used to protect wild lands, Chouinard accomplished something remarkable, turning a for-profit corporation with $1 billion in annual sales into one of the biggest environmental philanthropies in the country.
    David Gelles, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The wildfire has been burning on private land.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even from a young age, Ann seeks transcendence, and Fastvold conveys both the dark crowded muck of poverty and the young girl’s airy dreams of light and love.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Over the last 15 years, more than two-thirds of the waterway has been slowly brought back to life through concerted efforts to remove or cap toxic muck.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • Brain rot has become unavoidable, its grossness ubiquitous.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • And like the wildebeest, bison dung packs a nutritional punch when deposited across the landscape.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Decades before Colorado’s best singers, dancers and actors graced the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in downtown Denver, workers pushed brooms across the stage to clean up elephant dung, rodeo sawdust, and blood spatters from boxing matches.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Others tried to flee into a sewage pond; agents used a boat to fish them out and prosecutors later alleged one man tried to flip the vessel.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, there will be an in-ground stormwater sewage system throughout the community to handle runoff.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • The sour stench of the carcasses was a vulgarity almost too great to bear.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Action rocks as Season 2 leans more into DCU absurdity and vulgarity.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Dirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirt. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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