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heavy earth

British  

noun

  1. another name for barium oxide

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And, as two people with heavy earth sign placements, it nearly was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

Across the nation, the sound of jackhammers and heavy earth movers told of similar large-scale building projects under way in the hearts of scores of other U.S. cities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Along the Germano-Polish frontier heavy earth charges of dynamite sent clods, cement and steel hurtling.

From Time Magazine Archive

No sooner did we cover my mothers remains with heavy earth than John Aycliffe, the steward of the manor, appeared outside the cemetery walls.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

The westerly gale roared and moaned, the heavy earth was sodden and beaten into hollows and pools through which broke tiny pale points of snowdrops.

From The Highwayman by H. C. (Henry Christopher) Bailey

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