locust
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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
The U.S. currently has no native locust species.
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
In contrast, locusts prefer carbon-rich plants, so rising carbon dioxide levels could cause increases in locust outbreaks.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024
And this was a couple of boys who’d faced laughing locust swarms, ghosts, and were-bears—just in June!
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
