desert
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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
It raised the height of a dam to double its storage, built the desalination plant and acquired rights to a trove of conserved Colorado River water from a desert farming district.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
“Mojave National Preserve belongs to the American people, not an international mining company,” Chance Wilcox, the organization’s California desert program manager, said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • 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
She would get upset if he told her he got lost in the desert.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Vocabulary lists containing desert
Physical Geography - Introductory
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