desert
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"It would be a desert here" if the site closes, said David Martin, 32, who runs a restaurant in Almaraz that his parents opened in the 1980s at the same time as the plant.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Bernard lives next to the project site and has documented multiple desert tortoises on and around her property — including Squiggles, who was given the nickname for leaving wavy tracks in the sand.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Police had been combing nearby bush and desert for Lewis, who was released from prison six days before Kumanjayi Little Baby disappeared and vanished around the same time.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and his Spanish conquistadors had marched many miles through the desert in search of the reputed Seven Cities of Gold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The clay shards of the gunner’s jars littered the desert floor, along with the broken birdcages.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing desert
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