locust
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Acts of God are environmental: droughts, floods, locust plagues and the unusual winters that froze the Thames, contributing to recessions in 1710, 1739-40, 1762 and 1946-47.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
What’s also true is that 21st century markets can be affected by speculators’ attention, much as wheat crops can be affected by the attention of locust swarms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Crops grown in nutrient-poor soil tend to encourage locust outbreaks because those plants contain high levels of carbohydrates and very little protein.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026
I also love locust blooms, but I know of only one house near me that has locust trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Each plate had a pile of soaked and stewed honey locust beans—mixed with hickory nuts.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The approved list includes grasshoppers, locusts and two-spotted crickets, among others.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Dodgers had opened Pandora’s box, and out would fly a lockout, a pall of smoke over their games, and a plague of locusts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He’ll just declare victory and steer his plague of locusts to consume something else.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
Then locusts destroyed grain harvests across the Great Plains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The locusts were tuning up, and we walked on wordless a rod or two.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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