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as in lumps
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod
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as in clumps
a small uneven mass
a clod of dirt stuck to the bottom of the bucket
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Recent Examples of clods
According to the authors, their results suggest that clods of earth can indeed catalyze these reactions without the presence of life.
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Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
After loosening the soil, gently lift the clump out of the ground and remove any soil clods.
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Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2026
Maybe she is confused by this flat new geography of polished wood and granite with no trace of lumps or clods, where nothing is spongy.
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María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
Machines are shut down and shovels return, covering conduits with clods of soil.
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Steven Searcy,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Aug. 2025
Siddhant Pusdekar,
Quanta Magazine,
1 June 2026
After loosening the soil, gently lift the clump out of the ground and remove any soil clods.
—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Apr. 2026
Maybe she is confused by this flat new geography of polished wood and granite with no trace of lumps or clods, where nothing is spongy.
—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
Machines are shut down and shovels return, covering conduits with clods of soil.
—
Steven Searcy,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clods
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Can turkey tail mushrooms shrink lipomas, the soft, fatty lumps that show up under the skin of countless aging dogs?
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Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
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Protostars are born when patches in vast molecular clouds cool and form clumps, collapsing under their gravity.
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Otherwise, the excess moisture will cause the blueberries to freeze into clumps.
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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
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On their way in, crews had to clear debris from multiple floors; aside from chunks of concrete, masonry and flooring, obstacles included a bathroom sink and toilet that had tumbled down from above.
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Trump gleefully tearing up large chunks of the White House and my hometown, trying to install a solipsistic arch, an exclusive golf course, a gargantuan ballroom and a garden of heroes — all to his Versailles-on-acid specifications.
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Every fan base has idiots and every popular athlete attracts trolls.
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Colocousis said people who think scam victims like him are gullible idiots don’t understand the sophistication of criminal organizations behind online fraud.
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Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York.
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The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.
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Winners, losers, and the suppliers caught in between Rivals are catching on.
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That is a big risk investors take when trying to find the winners and losers within the biotech sector.
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Bathroom sink drains can become clogged from hair, globs of toothpaste, and soapy residue.
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Bieber’s face artfully dotted with globs of lotion.
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“Clods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clods. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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