the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air
after that nightmarish storm, the sailors were grateful to reach terra firma
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Recent Examples of terra firmaWhether on terra firma, navigating the waterways, atop lofty peaks, or traversing the gentle prairie lands amid rural tranquility or the vibrant cityscape, there’s an adventure awaiting in every season.—Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024 Having already witnessed the birth of the Antichrist and the first rampage of the Strangers, audiences will get a close gander at the moment when the extraterrestrial good listeners of A Quiet Place started tearing across our terra firma.—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024 Turtles also spent time both in the lake and on terra firma.—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024 Jupiter has a strange core As a gas giant, Jupiter isn’t terra firma—all the way down to its fuzzy core.—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for terra firma
Radon is produced when uranium, a radioactive element, breaks down in soil, rock, and water in the environment.
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
22 Dec. 2024
About three dozen countries provide automatic citizenship to people born on their soil, including U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico and most South American countries.
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2024
That evening, in the no man’s land, a field strewn with empty water bottles, four Shia families sat on a picnic blanket around a burner attached to a gas tank, looking scared and drinking yerba mate.
Eliza Griswold,
The New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2024
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