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Her husband's such a clod.
despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod
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Her Protestant army is causing all kinds of issues, including throwing a dirt clod at Anjou.
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Alice Burton, Vulture, 26 July 2024
The machine momentarily pitched forward, straining to loosen it from the ground — and then the electric motor heaved the boulder and a clod of dirt into the air in a puff of dust.
—Nicolás Rivero, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
Canes lay in piles on their sides, ready for the volunteers to knock off dirt clods that otherwise would keep them from drying out, leaving them as a possible threat with the next flood.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
The drift that had formed against the glass crumbled into a pile of fluffy clods.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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Alice Burton, Vulture, 26 July 2024
The machine momentarily pitched forward, straining to loosen it from the ground — and then the electric motor heaved the boulder and a clod of dirt into the air in a puff of dust.
—Nicolás Rivero, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
Canes lay in piles on their sides, ready for the volunteers to knock off dirt clods that otherwise would keep them from drying out, leaving them as a possible threat with the next flood.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
The drift that had formed against the glass crumbled into a pile of fluffy clods.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Clod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clod. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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