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soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.
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Recent Examples of silt
Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
Rocks and mussel shells are visible at the bottom, embedded in silt and mud; my wake spreads wide behind me.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2022
Throws that made octo-contact were also more likely to be accomplished with a specific set of arms, and the projectile was more likely to be silt.
—Emma Marris, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2022
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Noun
Riverside towns along the French Broad, like Marshall and Hot Springs, were severely affected, with thick mud and silt plastering the buildings.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
Rocks and mussel shells are visible at the bottom, embedded in silt and mud; my wake spreads wide behind me.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
Verb
Cathedral-like sandstone canyons were resurrected, and sunlight reached the silt-clogged floors for the first time in generations.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2022
Throws that made octo-contact were also more likely to be accomplished with a specific set of arms, and the projectile was more likely to be silt.
—Emma Marris, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2022
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Toxic heavy metals like arsenic and lead are trapped within these sediments rather than flowing out to sea.Tom Howarth FOLLOW, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Researchers have analyzed pollen preserved in the sediments in the forest floor, revealing that the ecosystem has stood for at least 8,300 years.Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
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Purple blossoms furred the redbuds along his driveway; here and there beneath them were sprays of yellow forsythia.Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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The foils can also retract, meaning that the boats aren't at risk of marine growth, which could otherwise fur them up.Julia Buckley, CNN, 28 July 2022
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At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024
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The tusk was covered with alluvium, possibly during a major flooding event, MDEQ said.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2024
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The intrigue: Big donors are flooding Pennsylvania with cash, and much of the attention is on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey's fight to keep his seat.Alexa Mencia, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Since May, Liccardo and Low have duked it out on the campaign trail as millions of dollars flooded the race despite it not being one of California’s key battleground races.Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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When blown by the wind, these sediments are referred to as loess.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
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Soils here are particularly complex, featuring chalk, sand, gravel, clay, loess, quartzite and slate.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
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Angling for position, the taxis engage in a series of polite reversals and turns that quickly gives way to gridlock.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2024
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Their effort has been criticized as a road to gridlock while, in the aftermath instead, a summer of litigation and investigation of actions has played out.Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Aug. 2024
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Regulatory changes and costs certainly affect producers' decisions, but that can be swamped by very attractive or very low commodity prices.Ben Geman, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the scandal threatens to swamp his firm, which took on debt and lent Kahn $200 million to build and take the Delaware, Ohio, company private.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
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Larger bits of detritus, like empty potting soil bags, can be thrown in the trash, while bits of cotton twine and other biodegradable items can be composted.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2024
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Photos pinned to Google Maps from years past show this bridge as a dark round tunnel, slick from mud and moisture, with clumps of unidentifiable detritus scattered along its length.Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Silt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silt. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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