desert

Example Sentences

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With several banks choosing to close branches across the UK, concerns have been raised about "banking deserts", with parts of Yorkshire leaving people without a bank for 10 miles.

From BBC

A few of them are eating, which makes me feel better about deserting the lunchroom.

From Literature

Two-time Grand Slam champion Gauff's serve deserted her, broken four times in the first set and twice in the second to leave her title aspirations in tatters.

From Barron's

A father travels through southern Morocco with his son, searching for his daughter who has been missing for five months and was last seen at a dance festival in the desert.

From BBC

Hospitals are closing at an alarming rate, creating healthcare deserts in inner cities and rural areas.

From MarketWatch