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Recent Examples of topsoilLike an excavator pushing aside topsoil for the vein of minerals underneath, these cuts are violent and indiscriminate, devastating individual livelihoods and scarring communities.—Sarah Blomeley, Time, 25 Apr. 2025 Following the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption, vast tracts of farmland in central Luzon in the Philippines were rendered unproductive for years due to acidic ash and buried topsoil.—David Kitchen, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2025 Porosity plus water holding capacity can be increased as well as lessening the potential for topsoil erosion.—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025 Previous wildfire testing has found roughly 20% of properties fail to meet California’s cleanup goals for potentially toxic materials after a first round of debris removal, which typically involves taking off about 6 inches of topsoil.—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for topsoil
Many of us can’t wait to get into our gardens, turn over that fine Illinois loam and plant.
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Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
Those interactions spring from the rich loam of history and lore that gives the sport its halcyon glow, and from which even a humble amateur game absorbs vicarious grandeur.
The transition from clay to grass has proven tough for most players, and the last woman to win the French Open and Wimbledon in the same season was Serena Williams a decade ago.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
In the 1960s, geologist Walter Alvarez discovered a thin layer of black clay in rocks around the world.
San Clemente, like most Southern California coastal cities, needs more sand to restore its eroding beaches.
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Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
The waterproof mesh material resists water and allows sand to fall through, keeping the interior clean.
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Jené Luciani Sena
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28 June 2025
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