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desert

[dez-ert] / ˈdɛz ərt /






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On a recent afternoon, the scream of a naturally aspirated, 500-horsepower six-cylinder engine echoed across the Mojave Desert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

This approach is heavily dependent on dry climates, flat terrain, and vast stretches of land, making it practical only in select places such as Chile's Atacama Desert and parts of Nevada.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Adalah said they had been held at Israel's Ktziot prison, in the Negev Desert near Gaza.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

As a child he performed in productions of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Les Misérables.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Do you know the preferred form of transportation in the Sahara Desert?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt




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