wasteland
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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
McCarthy, addressing ProPublica on Substack, wrote: “You point to various online guides that offer what could be considered dangerous dosing instructions. We agree, the internet is a terrifying wasteland of misinformation and disinformation.”
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025
"I don't even go camping. I can't even imagine walking across the wasteland."
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
When you scan their rural town, a wasteland of Dollar General stores and fast food chains, most of their neighbors seem to have already faded away.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
There it sat, perfect as a fresh-laid egg on the dead sea bottom, the only nucleus of light and warmth in hundreds of miles of lonely wasteland.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
Vocabulary lists containing wasteland
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The House of Hades
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