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Recent Examples of subsoilIn some areas, clay-rich subsoils are also present.—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025 Ukraine will also retain the ownership of the subsoil.—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 May 2025 After scraping you’ll likely be left with subsoil, layers of clay or sand, that lack the life-giving nutrients plants require.—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subsoil
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
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Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.
Ensuring soil is covered with a thick layer of mulch before winter helps to reduce erosion and drying winds that deplete soil nutrients by removing the fertile topsoil.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
High winds brought loose topsoil across the state and into the city, limiting visibility and shocking meteorologists who had not documented a weather event of this kind in the city since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
Brunch might mean a humus bowl layered with lamb and pickled onion, or a shakshuka made with black lime tomato stew.
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Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Unless the compost is fully broken down into humus, this incorporation will also work organic matter into the soil, which helps with aeration and further supports microorganisms.
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