dust bowl
Example Sentences
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Sometimes, like in Melbourne, the ball does all sorts for the seamers, sometimes it turns square on a dust bowl.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
Original tale “Scarecrow: The Reaping,” which began at Universal Studios Florida, mixes in jump scares with more natural-seeming frights, such as the aforementioned simulated dust bowl.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
The Ogallala Aquifer, which rests beneath the Great Plains and was once thought inexhaustible, now drops several feet per year in some areas, turning what was once America’s breadbasket into tomorrow’s dust bowl.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
"When marketers and publicists realized that TikTok was their best hope for attention, they swarmed, turning the app into a conventional promotional dust bowl."
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024
Any farmer doing it would turn their land into a dust bowl within twelve years.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
