gley

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Noun
  • The crews used an excavator to lift the uninjured Dancer out of the mud, officials said.
    Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
  • Kong pounds and punches his way through materials and crawls through mud to uncover collectibles.
    Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The transition from clay to grass has proven tough for most players, and the last woman to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same season was Serena Williams a decade ago.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2025
  • In the 1960s, geologist Walter Alvarez discovered a thin layer of black clay in rocks around the world.
    Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Growing requirements will vary by species, but most appreciate partial to full shade and rich, moist soil. Bring one of the easiest house plants around to the outdoors.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
  • Potted plants will quickly use up all the water that can be stored in the small amount of soil a pot can hold.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • There’s an old English saying: Where there’s muck, there’s brass.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • Check what gear is provided: Most expedition companies supply waterproof muck boots for land excursions and a warm outer parka.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • San Clemente, like most Southern California coastal cities, needs more sand to restore its eroding beaches.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • The waterproof mesh material resists water and allows sand to fall through, keeping the interior clean.
    Jené Luciani Sena may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Why on earth would Amazon invest such substantial amounts in human capital with an eye on shedding it?
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Thanks to television, Swaggart helped spread the Pentecostal movement to the uttermost parts of the earth.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Karen Scrivener and colleagues developed cements that blend calcined kaolin clay and ground limestone with a small portion of clinker.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Oribe’s Serene Scalp Oil Control Dry Shampoo uses a blend of starches (corn, tapioca, and rice) along with kaolin clay to get that job done, plus rosebay extracts to regulate your scalp’s sebum production.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Many of us can’t wait to get into our gardens, turn over that fine Illinois loam and plant.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • Those interactions spring from the rich loam of history and lore that gives the sport its halcyon glow, and from which even a humble amateur game absorbs vicarious grandeur.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Gley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gley. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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