desert
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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 β Sep. 1, 2026
I tracked her down to the high desert in the western US - rattlesnake country.
From BBC β Aug. 29, 2026
The intractable source of the problem, Bostwick said, is that the desert is for sale and real estate operations, some out-of-state, buy and then resell online.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 28, 2026
Attendees transform the desert into a temporary city that relies on “radical self-reliance” and a gifting economy.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 28, 2026
My brother Ngoliong had taken our cattle a long way from the village, to an area called the Kaisut desert.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Julian joins the Air Force out of boredom and deserts for the same reason.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 28, 2026
The findings come as ministers have pledged to tackle so-called "dental deserts", but dentists say the current deal is not viable.
From BBC β Aug. 23, 2026
Today, many of the best places to conduct this work are deserts or Arctic landscapes.
From Science Daily β Aug. 17, 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 β Aug. 17, 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 β Sep. 1, 2026
He has strained his eyes writing stories in the dark in a deserted gym.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 23, 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 β Aug. 17, 2026
AFP saw walkways, sun loungers and a restaurant terrace at the hotel deserted.
From Barron's β Jul. 31, 2026
The chamber, Taran saw, indeed seemed deserted, of inhabitants, at least, for the room was even more heaped up and disorderly than Dallben’s.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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 β 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 β 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 β Dec. 5, 2024
“And the moms that we help — I can’t imagine deserting any of them.”
From Seattle Times β Sep. 1, 2023
A few of them are eating, which makes me feel better about deserting the lunchroom.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate OβShaughnessy
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