In this moment of greatest danger Earth stood but a short distance away from the final union of all mankind.

Humans had certainly demonstrated that Earth wasn't going backward, wasn't standing still, and wouldn't be impeded by snobbery, so why not help?

Now the ants were gone, and the Earth stood lonely except for one hulking robot and some little meadow mice.

We always assume the Earth is standing still.

Earth stood high in the black north, where it always stood.

Earth stood at the waning quarter just above yonder horizon.

In what used to be just a Hayden hemisphere, one never really abandoned the childish certitude that Earth stands at the center of things.

In the Ptolemaic system, the Earth stood at the center of the universe, with the sun, planets, and stars circling around it.

The Church taught that the Earth stood still, while everything in the sky moved around it.

Earth should not stand In double jeopardy.