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badlands

[bad-landz] / ˈbædˌlændz /
NOUN
barren land
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Today, the Ledi Geraru area is a rugged landscape of faulted badlands.

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026

It’s also Robby’s final day of work before embarking on a three-month motorcycle road trip set to take him from Pittsburgh to the Canadian badlands.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

In the summer of 2022, two boys hiking with their father and a 7-year-old cousin in the North Dakota badlands came across some large bones poking out of a rock.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

“We were driving through the badlands, and it was going on and on,” Dara recalled, “and then you get dumped into this tiny town. We were just amazed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

To Beowulf—perhaps because of his short sight—hall Heorot appeared even brighter than it was, and the badlands darker.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye


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