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Additionally, bulldozers erected earthen barriers on the road in both directions from the mass grave.
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Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
During that 20-year period, the British inherited Spanish forts and added a network of seven redoubts—long, earthen mounds—to beef up defenses.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Some people had draped wet cloths over their heads and burrowed into the earthen walls, trying to escape the smoke and flames.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Walls of raw concrete and earthen hues pay homage to ancient adobe structures, while courtyards and open-air walkways nod to haciendas of old.
—Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
During that 20-year period, the British inherited Spanish forts and added a network of seven redoubts—long, earthen mounds—to beef up defenses.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Some people had draped wet cloths over their heads and burrowed into the earthen walls, trying to escape the smoke and flames.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Walls of raw concrete and earthen hues pay homage to ancient adobe structures, while courtyards and open-air walkways nod to haciendas of old.
—Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Earthen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthen. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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