deserts
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At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
The others, with their hot deserts and big-sky plains, seem more obvious: Texas, Arizona and California.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
Gusty winds are expected along the mountains and deserts of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties — enough to down tree limbs and trees and make driving high-profile vehicles difficult.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, a surprising scene unfolds outside the nests of small cone ants.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
Those few peoples who remained hunter-gatherers into the 20th century escaped replacement by food producers because they were confined to areas not fit for food production, especially deserts and Arctic regions.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing deserts
Twelfth Night
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