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Recent Examples of topsoilWhen the plant dies back, those nutrients return to the topsoil, acting like a natural fertilizer.—Ryan Brennan
may 1, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026 When the plant dies back, those nutrients return to the topsoil — essentially feeding your lawn for free.—Ryan Brennan
may 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026 Planting a clover lawn is as easy as sprinkling topsoil over an even distribution of seeds, followed by watering.—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026 Water once or twice a week in summer, allowing the topsoil to dry slightly between sessions.—Nolan Lewis, Architectural Digest, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for topsoil
Sandy soil is more prone to hydrophobia than loam or clay.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
Soil types include gravel and sedimentary loam closer to the river and volcanic rock distributed on the hillsides, a combination that adds distinct aromas, flavors, and minerality to the wines made here.
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.
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’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.
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.