deserted
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It was a cool, rainy morning and the trail, mostly deserted, smelled fresh and funky, like wet moss, gloopy mud and damp leaves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
In the Hebron neighbourhood of Ein Deir Baha, nestled between two hills, vacated buildings were marked by X's and the streets were deserted, save a pair of Israeli military vehicles.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Both of those have completely deserted him during the early stages of 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The checkouts cooled but Smith won a succession of scrappy legs to seal victory as Price's game deserted him.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
We pulled—me just pretending because every shred of strength had deserted me—and the boys in the water pushed from below until the net tipped into the boat, full of wriggling fish.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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