red earth
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He was sitting beside a mound of red earth, carefully pushing a blade of grass into a hole, then withdrawing it and poking it into his mouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
To locate the tunnel, forces repeated an Israeli tactic used elsewhere in the strip, overturning mounds of red earth to produce a crater-like hole giving way to a small tunnel entrance.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
But after the first, the others were easier to pick out, gleaming dirty white against the red earth and run through with a honeycomb texture.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
"When I see that red earth, I feel sick," she says.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2022
We sat on the red earth, talking and laughing, the setting sun a bonfire before us.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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