turn to dust
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Included in the show is a letter the artist wrote to the museum’s director asking her to release the offerings from their archival prison and permit them to turn to dust as their givers intended.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
In such a scenario, Abatti said, farm fields would turn to dust, people would be forced to move, and Americans would see food shortages and higher prices at grocery stores.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023
Farmers might cease growing some crops, leaving fields of lettuce and melons to turn to dust.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022
But it is more profoundly a primer on how to live when old verities turn to dust.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2022
“Ah, but she’ll keep you here while the days turn to dust and the leaves fall and the years pass one after the next like the tick-tick-ticking of a clock.”
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
