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Recent Examples of loamThe soils, shaped by glacial activity, consist of sandy loam and glacial till, offering excellent drainage and contributing natural minerality.—Michael Johnson, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026 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 The region's soils consist of limestone, clay, and iron-rich loams.—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for loam
In 2023, a cadaver dog alerted to topsoil near where the patio had been built in the home’s backyard, but as authorities dug deeper, the dog stopped picking up the scent, law enforcement sources said.
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Tenant farmers from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri who had lost everything to drought, collapsed crop prices and a decade of wind that stripped the topsoil off the plains migrated their families in hopes of survival.
When Middleton opens her suitcase at Kensington Palace—along with files on the Reggio Approach, perhaps there lies a recipe for erbazzone and maybe some clay to take to the children.
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Stefania Saltalamacchia,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
Noll was a French artist and furniture-maker whose work with wood made the material feel and look like clay to sensuous effect.
There’s a beautiful outdoor courtyard pool and an indoor one; Iyashi Dôme, hammam, mud bath, a Visbody scanner for body composition and posture analysis; a high-tech fitness centre.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
After a rinse, the mud revealed perfectly polished skin, relieved of dullness, redness, and clogged pores and blackheads—leaving me glowing from the inside and out.
The 40mm excels at mids and highs, allowing gamers to pick up more subtle sounds in single-player experiences, like footsteps on gravel or bullet shell casings hitting the floor.
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Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
The only possibilities were on rocky, gravel-bar floodplains.
There is perhaps no other city on earth that has been vaporized, invaded, flattened, overrun (by criminals, aliens, drugs, frogs, chemicals) more on film than Los Angeles.
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Deputy Managing Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
To take off from or land at Paro, pilots have to thread the needle through some of the highest mountains on earth—with no radar guidance and a final turn on approach that happens just 30 seconds before touchdown.