desert

However, one of the August 2026 storms stood out for its remarkable reach, spreading from the Andes across the desert toward the Pacific coast.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

I tracked her down to the high desert in the western US - rattlesnake country.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

According to the annual homeless count, only 671 recreational vehicles remained in the 400 square miles of desert beyond the incorporated cities of Palmdale and Lancaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Surrounded by five mountain ranges, the city offers dramatic desert scenery.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

I must have rolled the rest of the way onto the desert floor.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The findings come as ministers have pledged to tackle so-called "dental deserts", but dentists say the current deal is not viable.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

The view changes as the ship’s pilots deftly navigate worlds — or at least try to — like the metropolis of Coruscant and the deserts of Tatooine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The deserts and the San Joaquin Valley were under an extreme heat warning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Important fossil sites do not always require travel to distant deserts or remote continents.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

She’d been taught in school that they were full of life, but this one was like the deserts she’d imagined as a littlie—featureless humps stretching into the distance, one after another.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

But this isn’t just a deserted patch of sand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

But when he arrived, the business was deserted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

At night, the narrow cobbled streets of Old Havana are enveloped in inky black, devoid of power and virtually deserted.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

A community garden has replaced a drug market, a library stands where an unofficial dumping ground once accumulated milk crates, and formerly deserted blocks now have families moving in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

With a quick glance to make sure the bridge, path, and shore were still deserted, he switched the light on again and angled it against the bank.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

But a major reason for voters deserting the party in past elections was inflation, an unwelcome phenomenon for households after several decades of stable or falling prices.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

But the rate is half the national level for Californians under 35, and they are precisely the group that is deserting the West Coast for “cost of living” reasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025

But the Syrian army collapsed with surprising ease, with many troops deserting the battlefield, in the face of the HTS rebels’ onslaught.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2024

As well as picking up a four-game ban for a high hit in the State of Origin showpiece, Suaalii was criticised by some for deserting league.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024

“Darling, please be sensible. It’s not deserting from the army. It’s only the Italian army.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway