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after that nightmarish storm, the sailors were grateful to reach terra firma
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There might be a fight to escape, but even those few who crawl over rocks and grit and sand to reach terra firma find their surroundings changed.
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Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
On terra firma, most of the available supply of helium-3 comes as a by-product of nuclear weaponry via the radioactive decay of tritium, a rare isotope of hydrogen that boosts the power of thermonuclear bombs.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Containers aren’t just for urban gardeners who lack space or terra firma.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
Those folks at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio were only dangling 200 feet above terra firma for ten minutes, but for this hombre, that’s ten minutes too many.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
On terra firma, most of the available supply of helium-3 comes as a by-product of nuclear weaponry via the radioactive decay of tritium, a rare isotope of hydrogen that boosts the power of thermonuclear bombs.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Containers aren’t just for urban gardeners who lack space or terra firma.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
Those folks at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio were only dangling 200 feet above terra firma for ten minutes, but for this hombre, that’s ten minutes too many.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for terra firma
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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terra%20firma. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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