ghost town
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Ever since Iraq invaded Kuwait, curious motorists passing through the Mojave Desert have stopped to ask the way to Bagdad, the California ghost town named in the 1800s for the Middle Eastern capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"It's a ghost town," says Tiffany, a mother of one, who we meet at a local parent and toddler group.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It wouldn’t be fair to call it a ghost town now, exactly.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Early Saturday, an overcast Islamabad felt like a ghost town, with almost no civilian traffic on its wide avenues.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
If all the people that has consumption in Limerick were to die this would be a ghost town, though I don’t have consumption meself.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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