desert

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While the documentary did not land Chow in prison, the filmmaker said he paid a steep price as investors and collaborators deserted him, almost dooming "Deadline".

From Barron's

The small, fully automated rocket took off vertically, and the capsule carrying the tourists then detached in flight before gently descending back to the Texas desert, slowed by parachutes.

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IS was territorially defeated in Syria in 2019 but still maintains a presence particularly in the country's vast desert.

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The jihadists were ultimately defeated by local ground forces backed by international air strikes and other support, but IS still has a presence in Syria, especially in the country's vast desert.

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Yet few of those titles conjure the dusty-ochre desert beauty of Oz’s Red Centre—all best explored at a train’s pace.

From The Wall Street Journal