gley

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Noun
  • In Talisay city, rows of homes have been flattened and communities along the Mananga River buried in mud and debris.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In 1997, Stewart was pictured wearing overalls, an oversized barn jacket, and over-the-knee mud boots with her arm wrapped around the neck of a cow.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Mosaic archways loom overhead, and the 240-seat dining room is awash with terra-cotta banquettes, sea-blue touches, and clay-toned neutral hues.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Poor drainage can lead to root rot, especially if your lavender is planted in an area with wet or clay-heavy soil.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Chestnut trees hold soil, resist erosion, and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.
    Todd Plummer, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Plant the bulbs in rich, well-draining, slightly acidic soil in a garden space that gets full sun.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Since the April 2022 closing of the $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, investors have been dragged into the muck.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the shores of Lake Michigan features miles of sand beach, lush forests, clear inland lakes, unique flora and fauna, towering bluffs, an island lighthouse, coastal villages, picturesque farmsteads and more.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
  • This certainly could cause some stress, but the key is to know that as the sands shift, new information could be emerging.
    Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Seek out wild places and remember that your body is not made to be hacked or optimized but to connect you to the earth beneath your feet.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Crafted with recycled materials, the collection is entirely vegan, furthering Rombaut’s dedication to using earth-friendly components.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Sandy soil is more prone to hydrophobia than loam or clay.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But the conflict between Joe and Ted goes back further and is rooted in a deep loam of backstory that emerges bit by bit.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This clarifying clay mask pairs kaolin and bentonite clays with bamboo charcoal to draw out pore-clogging impurities and sweep away excess oil—without leaving your skin feeling parched.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Oily to combination skin types can rejoice—blurring pigments combine with oil-absorbing kaolin clay for a long-lasting mattifying effect.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Gley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gley. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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