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desert

[dez-ert] / ˈdɛz ərt /






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About 40% of the world's lithium supply comes from salty underground brines located beneath desert regions.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

They’ve terraformed the desert terrain by planting trees, building houses, and even constructing a Walmart and an airport.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

In one of Glover’s favorite pictures, snapped by his wife, he is sitting at his desk in his tan desert flight suit, focused on graduate school work while holding one of his daughters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

A recent visit involved a multi-hour drive on a dark desert highway where grazing camels far outnumbered people.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Others, perhaps most of the clay pots, from the way it appeared, cracked and broke into shards in the crude heat and were left in clumps in the desert.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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