deserted
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When I visited Havana again this spring to report on the mounting crisis, the malecón was deserted, strewn with brown seaweed that had been flung from the ocean by crashing waves.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
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
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
By the end, "the village was practically deserted", she said, getting emotional as she described her tulip-filled home.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
“Thank’ee dear boy, thank’ee. God bless you! You’ve never deserted me, dear boy.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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