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after that nightmarish storm, the sailors were grateful to reach terra firma
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At approximately 5 minutes and 20 seconds into the flight, the civilian astronauts returned to their seats for their journey back to terra firma.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 June 2025
That moment when your foot finally hits terra firma after your body’s been through a spin cycle?
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon.
—Paul Ridden
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2025
Sydney Chandler, daughter of Kyle Chandler, stars as a young woman who must respond when a spacecraft carrying the deadliest being in the galaxy crash-lands on terra firma.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 June 2025
That moment when your foot finally hits terra firma after your body’s been through a spin cycle?
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon.
—Paul Ridden
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2025
Sydney Chandler, daughter of Kyle Chandler, stars as a young woman who must respond when a spacecraft carrying the deadliest being in the galaxy crash-lands on terra firma.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for terra firma
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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terra%20firma. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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