blue ground

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noun

mineralogy another name for kimberlite

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Words nearby blue ground

Bluegrass State, blue-green, blue-green alga, blue-green algae, blue grosbeak, blue ground, blue grouse, blue gum, bluehead, blue-headed vireo, blue heaven

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How to use blue ground in a sentence

For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
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Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.
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That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
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A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
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In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
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He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.
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The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!
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