deserted
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Dubai’s sprawling gold market is deserted, in part because buyers from abroad no longer come, and in part because of dramatic fluctuations in gold prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Rail and bus stations were largely deserted as most state institutions, schools and universities shifted to a four-day working week.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Alberto Rodríguez, 73, limped with a cane down a deserted industrial street.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
But Price's game just deserted him in the end when just one more double would have seen him finish off an otherwise dominant display.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Because they’d hesitated while Miel did that incredible thing with his beak and the fighter jets, the halls were deserted.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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