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Recent Examples of terra firma
The pinkish-coral horizon of the morning had given way to a bright cobalt sky, and as the chopper descended after the fun ride, Ted and I were ready for terra firma, eager to sit down for lunch.
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John Malone, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
At approximately 5 minutes and 20 seconds into the flight, the civilian astronauts returned to their seats for their journey back to terra firma.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 June 2025
And boy did the terrain change while crawling up, along, and down steep unpaved terra firma.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon.
—Paul Ridden
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2025
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John Malone, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
At approximately 5 minutes and 20 seconds into the flight, the civilian astronauts returned to their seats for their journey back to terra firma.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 June 2025
And boy did the terrain change while crawling up, along, and down steep unpaved terra firma.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon.
—Paul Ridden
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terra firma
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This World Cup, held on home soil, represents both a golden opportunity and a defining moment for Mexican football.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The team excavated several key places on the site, studied cores of soil and conducted an additional LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, survey of the area.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement Restoring degraded land offers similar payoffs.—
Kaveh Zahedi,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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For instance, the Bangladesh delta, one of the most fertile and densely populated areas in the world, is already experiencing problems, including salinity intrusion, rising sea levels and the loss of arable land.—
Pintu Kumar Mahla,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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And Rivian plans to break ground on a new plant in Georgia next year to support production of the R2 and the future R3.—
Jane Thier,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Video of the encounter shows Lee at the front of the crowd when officers with Illinois State Police patches on their sleeves pushed in an apparent attempt to clear them from a paved area, and some demonstrators tried to hold their ground.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Even leaving these facts aside, neither the doctrinaire socialism nor militant Islam have ever improved any place on earth, and New York City will not be the first.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The earth opened and swallowed my father, literally.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terra%20firma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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