the turf
noun
: the sport or business of horse racing
—often used as turf before another noun
turf writers/races
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Towards the end of the 1-0 win granted by Arda Guler’s early strike, the Frenchman went to the turf after trying to start a counterattack but clashing with the opposite team’s player Luis Milla.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Their larvae live in small holes in the turf and wait for their prey to walk by.
—Kevin Gepford, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Also, calm conditions usually prevail in morning hours, reducing evaporation rates and ensuring as much irrigation water makes it to the turf’s root zone as possible.
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—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Meslier has developed a reputation for leaving his passes from the turf until the last possible second.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Their larvae live in small holes in the turf and wait for their prey to walk by.
—Kevin Gepford, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Also, calm conditions usually prevail in morning hours, reducing evaporation rates and ensuring as much irrigation water makes it to the turf’s root zone as possible.
5.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Meslier has developed a reputation for leaving his passes from the turf until the last possible second.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the turf
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“The turf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20turf. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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