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dusty

adjective as in filled with or covered with powdery particles

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She’s leaning against our dusty doorway, jumping between playing on her phone and watching our conversation unfold.

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A crowd runs in panic along a dusty street.

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Its audience was expanding, and artistically, moving from what Anderson called its “dusty, Bakersfield country-fried” sound into “what was essentially an acid jazz band that was playing rock ’n’ roll.”

Residents push depleted motorcycles through the city's dusty roads, frustrated by the fuel blockade that has paralysed Mali for more than two months.

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Naomi, held on a leash by student Trinity Astilla, was the picture of lithe, feline elegance as she slunk around a dusty enclosure, briefly hopping atop her crate — but not into it.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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