desert
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Masada, in the Judean Desert, is where Jewish rebels chose death over surrender to Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
This approach is heavily dependent on dry climates, flat terrain, and vast stretches of land, making it practical only in select places such as Chile's Atacama Desert and parts of Nevada.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Adalah said they had been held at Israel's Ktziot prison, in the Negev Desert near Gaza.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
As a child he performed in productions of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Les Misérables.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Desert in all directions, occasional clumps of barren mountains plopped here and there.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing desert
Physical Geography - Introductory
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The American Civil War
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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