desert
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SIRTE, Libya—The twin-turboprop plane carved a line down through the sky and touched down at a desert airstrip here near Libya’s Mediterranean coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
By Jan. 26, Bovino had been demoted and sent back to his home station in the California desert.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
As for what’s next in the desert, Verma-Lallian is thinking for the long term.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Colombian reggaeton star Karol G is set to turn up the heat in the California desert even further on Sunday with a performance capping the Coachella music festival's first weekend.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
I had helped them gather the knotted chunks of slag metal from the desert floor.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing desert
Physical Geography - Introductory
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The American Civil War
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