The solid part of the earth's surface.
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Examples for "ground "
1 Russian state media said the talks proved the sides had common ground .
2 Exporters were likely to lose ground as a result, market players said.
3 Conditions should be similar to yesterday and it's really nice, good ground .
4 The ground has shifted quite dramatically on the question in recent years.
5 And what we call 'the ground game' is quite expensive, he said.
1 Demand to clear new land for farming therefore remains strong, he said.
2 The government said the land was needed for public interest development projects.
3 The Gulf state had not, however, discussed buying agricultural land , he said.
4 The tool should help policymakers to plan future land use, she said.
5 Problems over acquisition of land for nuclear power plants could delay projects.
1 The earth good and the stars good, and their adjuncts all good.
2 But some weeks, it's clear everyone needs to come down to earth .
3 It will remain until the new heavens and the new earth come.
4 However, scientists are starting to apply space-age solutions to more down - to - earth problems.
5 We sink in water; in air we tumble; on earth we stumble.
1 How long could they last with no dry land to rest on?
2 Nothing yet indicated the proximity of dry land , even in this direction.
3 Pulling it out upon dry land , he wrapped it in his blanket.
4 The march of the canoes on dry land is a curious sight.
5 He slashed again and I was forced to jump onto dry land .
1 Maybe the earth was solid ground after all; of course it was.
2 Well, landing on solid ground is less risky than landing at sea.
3 Once on solid ground , many passengers still had a lengthy journey ahead.
4 In Texas, Rosenblum pointed out, the employment market is on solid ground .
5 In Miami-Dade County, researchers are working to keep history on solid ground .
1 At 10 o'clock the soldiers were assembled on terra firma once more.
2 Kind of weird to celebrate with fire, while our terra firma burns.
3 However he argues that it is just as stunning back on terra firma .
4 The weather is now good, and I have the army on terra firma .
5 And partly because it's too large to construct on terra firma .
6 We'll get you back on terra firma just as soon as we can.
7 Second, he thought Amundsen had camped on the ice and not on terra firma .
8 McMahon shifted his attention from terra firma to the horizon.
9 But at least it was terra firma and we were free from Dr. Fu-Manchu.
10 Once more on terra firma , we lay gasping for some minutes before we spoke.
11 Trembling, I released my grip, and eased onto terra firma .
12 Moving backwards, still straddling my branch, I recover terra firma .
13 But it will dawn, it will dawn and not only on this terra firma .
14 How good once more to step foot on terra firma !
15 Imagine how glad he must have been when he found himself on terra firma !
16 Bonadonna's presentation had shaken the terra firma of cancer chemotherapy.
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