locust

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

That is why Cease and her international research team paid close attention when they identified a straightforward, soil-based way to reduce locust feeding.

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

Going over to the post, I saw it was a large black locust put there many years ago to hang the gate.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

“It’s like if on the third day, it rains and then on the fourth day there’s locusts and like, oh my God, now the world’s ending.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The approved list includes grasshoppers, locusts and some silkworms.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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

When he opened my door, reporters and photographers descended on me like locusts.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry