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
  • The farmers also pitched in with efforts of their own, including adjusting fertilizer methods, controlling soil erosion and increasing on-site water retention.
    Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Another key area involves developing artificial lunar and Martian soil simulants to test rover traction and propulsion systems.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
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
  • To McDermott, wearing glasses would be a reminder that more sand might be in the bottom of his hourglass than the top.
    Dan Pompei, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Allen sat on a bright yellow and white striped beach towel just inches away from the white sand beach, showing off a dark purple bandeau bikini and rose pink bikini bottoms.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The United States should be condemned by the international community and all peoples of this earth.
    Elie Mystal, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And yet, her favorite creature on this earth, the one featured exclusively on her iPhone screen saver, is a Maine Coon named Aggie.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
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 9 Jan. 2026.

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