desert
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In the desert expanse of Turkmenistan, Chinese engineers are hard at work at the vast Galkynysh gas field -- a mega project that is deepening the closed Central Asian state's already extensive ties with Beijing.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
"You have a scarcity of circumbinary planets in general and you have an absolute desert around binaries with orbital periods of seven days or less," Farhat said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
One bright spring morning he appears, as quickly and oddly as a desert chill, sitting calmly in front of his locker, October’s mystery hero, alone, in full view, finally.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
He began to lose weight and started guzzling water "like he was in a desert", his mum, Carys Hobbs-Sargeant, said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Next to that picture was one of Uncle Jet posing in the middle of a desert just as sunny and dry as the one outside.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Vocabulary lists containing desert
Physical Geography - Introductory
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