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locust

[loh-kuhst] / ˈloʊ kəst /
NOUN
insect
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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That heartless sea alludes to both a disturbing woman in his past and hard times when young, watching “the locust feed / Like tractor wrecks and cabbages rotting in a field.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

She is closely monitoring the Central American locust, whose range reaches within about 200 miles of the U.S. border.

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

The air smelled faintly of creosote and the yellow sweetness of locust flowers.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

“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

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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