wasteland
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By the mid-1980s, the North American Soccer League had collapsed—and the U.S. was widely viewed as a soccer wasteland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
It will be managed by the WHO which deals with all evacuation requests from a place the UN calls "a wasteland".
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
McCarthy, addressing ProPublica on Substack, wrote: “You point to various online guides that offer what could be considered dangerous dosing instructions. We agree, the internet is a terrifying wasteland of misinformation and disinformation.”
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025
It was no longer the fire-stricken wasteland he saw in the videos, but in fact quite green.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
The area around Castle Anorak, which had been crowded with warring avatars a split second before, was now a desolate and barren wasteland.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vocabulary lists containing wasteland
"Handle with Care"
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The House of Hades
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