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badlands

[bad-landz] / ˈbædˌlændz /
NOUN
barren land
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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

"The badlands in Wyoming where the finds were made is a unique 'mummy zone' that has more surprises in store from fossils collected over years of visits by teams of university undergrads."

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

Here in Medora, a tiny town in the badlands of western North Dakota, Teddy Roosevelt is everywhere.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2023

“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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