wasteland

“This is not just a place of hunting and fishing, it’s not a wasteland, it’s not a forgotten place,” she said, while noting that many locals are survivors who have rebuilt after devastating hurricanes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The play, which had its premiere off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre, is a freewheeling love story, set in a skate park in the middle of an urban wasteland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Roco is “Hell Grind’s” protagonist, who journeys through a dystopian wasteland to save his fellow thief and love interest Lulu.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Shujaiya today is a flat wasteland of rubble.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

As I made my way toward the RTG's burial site, it hit me: Mars is a barren wasteland and I am completely alone here.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Millions of visitors are going to experience American cities that they’ve been told are unlivable wastelands.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2026

In both public perception and official policy, savannas in India and elsewhere have often been labeled "wastelands."

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026

Multiple generations of Americans have been socialized to believe that a mecca of cheap, dirty pleasures awaits in the wastelands of southern Nevada.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

The park has been in the works since 2010, when the Colombian government recognized the llanos — long viewed by the public as grassy wastelands — to be a conservation priority.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

Since that day, I’ve left my footprints in many lands: the frozen wastelands of the Arctic, the bush country of Old Mexico, and the steaming jungles of Yucatán.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls