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as in lump
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
despite his imposing size, he's no simple clod
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as in soil
the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow
faced with the task of burying his beloved wife in the cold, hard clod of the frontier
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Garland’s hipster fakery is so outrageous and ludicrous that only a clod would take its indecency seriously.
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Armond White, National Review, 12 Apr. 2024
This constable is a total clod, but the nursing home manager is extremely stupid for calling the police.
—Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
When something the robot has driven over (e.g. rock, dirt clod) touches the underside of the robot, that object supports some of the robot’s weight.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 July 2017
The real standouts are the thick, bone-in pork chops, which have a beautiful pink smoke ring along the bone end, and the lean shoulder clod, an old Texas cut with long beefy strands beneath a thick, smoky bark.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
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Armond White, National Review, 12 Apr. 2024
This constable is a total clod, but the nursing home manager is extremely stupid for calling the police.
—Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
When something the robot has driven over (e.g. rock, dirt clod) touches the underside of the robot, that object supports some of the robot’s weight.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 July 2017
The real standouts are the thick, bone-in pork chops, which have a beautiful pink smoke ring along the bone end, and the lean shoulder clod, an old Texas cut with long beefy strands beneath a thick, smoky bark.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
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“Clod.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clod. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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