A politically organized body of people under a single government.
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Examples for "ground"
Examples for "ground"
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Russian state media said the talks proved the sides had common ground.
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Exporters were likely to lose ground as a result, market players said.
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Conditions should be similar to yesterday and it's really nice, good ground.
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The ground has shifted quite dramatically on the question in recent years.
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And what we call 'the ground game' is quite expensive, he said.
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The earth good and the stars good, and their adjuncts all good.
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But some weeks, it's clear everyone needs to come down to earth.
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It will remain until the new heavens and the new earth come.
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However, scientists are starting to apply space-age solutions to more down-to-earth problems.
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We sink in water; in air we tumble; on earth we stumble.
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Our police investigation into this serious crime on Malaysian soil will continue.
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Cadmium presence in soil is considered a significant threat to human health.
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Ten years of water seepage has a way of obliterating soil differences.
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She fully expects another terror attack on American soil in the future.
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They play an indispensable part in the vital cycle of the soil.
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How long could they last with no dry land to rest on?
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Nothing yet indicated the proximity of dry land, even in this direction.
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Pulling it out upon dry land, he wrapped it in his blanket.
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The march of the canoes on dry land is a curious sight.
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He slashed again and I was forced to jump onto dry land.
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Maybe the earth was solid ground after all; of course it was.
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Well, landing on solid ground is less risky than landing at sea.
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Once on solid ground, many passengers still had a lengthy journey ahead.
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In Texas, Rosenblum pointed out, the employment market is on solid ground.
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In Miami-Dade County, researchers are working to keep history on solid ground.
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At 10 o'clock the soldiers were assembled on terra firma once more.
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Kind of weird to celebrate with fire, while our terra firma burns.
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However he argues that it is just as stunning back on terra firma.
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The weather is now good, and I have the army on terra firma.
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And partly because it's too large to construct on terra firma.
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I honestly never realised it was that large of a land mass.
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About 15 per cent of Australia's physical land mass sustained extensive fire damage.
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But we know this: the larger the land mass, the greater the contamination.
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It's a vast land mass and it has four million men under arms.
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The practice has swollen the tiny city-state's land mass by 25 per cent.
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Demand to clear new land for farming therefore remains strong, he said.
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The government said the land was needed for public interest development projects.
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The Gulf state had not, however, discussed buying agricultural land, he said.
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The tool should help policymakers to plan future land use, she said.
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Problems over acquisition of land for nuclear power plants could delay projects.
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In terms of challenges, Williams flagged land and content as potential problems.
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For security reasons and political concerns, Taiwan aircraft seldom land in China.
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However, there is a major difference between land expropriation and land reform.
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They wanted more and more land-goodland if possible, but land anyway.
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Academic says new Fiji constitution takes on board concern about land rights.
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Ultimately, the result of these land grabs is higher prices for consumers.
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United Fruit Company paid Guatemala's government modest sums in exchange for land.
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Each year however there are fewer people to farm the village's land.
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However, community composition of testate amoebae was mainly affected by land use.
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I say: It is to wage war, by land, sea, and air.
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Water needs warriors, to help bring stability and healing to the land.
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