dirt

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Scientists believe the dirt also provides bacteria and minerals absent from junk food - which is completely unlike the monkeys' typical diet of herbs, leaves, seeds and the occasional insect.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Opposite that was a giant dirt lot, graded flat.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

The device, roughly the size of a paperback book, produces small amounts of power by capturing energy released as these microorganisms break down organic material in dirt.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

For investors, the war has unfolded against the backdrop of the almost universal adoption of index funds that are cheap as dirt and easy as pie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It was amazing they both weren’t devoured by pixies, but then I saw a dozen servants surrounding them, swatting the pixies away with big paddles or spraying them with dirt.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff