What word matches best?

Soil

Explanation:

Well the ground is soil, and he soiled his shirt.

Dirt

Explanation:

Although I am not familiar with the program, both the stain on his shirt and the dirt could be referred to as dirt.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

united states reinforcements contributed greatly to three allied victories in france at: cantigny (first major american battle), argonne (the largest in the united states military history, involving 1.2 million american soldiers), and château-thierry (one of the first actions under general pershing).