desolation
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"My outlook and my view of the world were not forged in Davos or Washington, but in places whose desolation I'm not sure you can even begin to fathom," he has said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
During the chorus, harmonica borrowed from Stevie Wonder’s “That Girl” screeches into view, but the brightness only serves to accent the desolation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Who better to limn out disgust and desolation now?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed "sadness" and "desolation" on X at the latest death.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
A landscape of weeds confronted him, a desolation.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing desolation
The Declaration of Independence
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Fahrenheit 451
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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