desert

There is a “trash fence,” a 4-foot-high, 9.2-mile-long orange plastic barrier, according to SF Gate, that blocks the trash from blowing away in the desert.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

However, one of the August 2026 storms stood out for its remarkable reach, spreading from the Andes across the desert toward the Pacific coast.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Most of those dislodged from the town centers probably relocated elsewhere in the desert, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Attendees transform the desert into a temporary city that relies on “radical self-reliance” and a gifting economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

I knew if the caravan abandoned me here in the desert, I would be a wandering animal and very soon dead.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

I’ve pulled together 13 fall travel ideas here, from deserts to coast with a couple of mountain destinations mixed in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The findings come as ministers have pledged to tackle so-called "dental deserts", but dentists say the current deal is not viable.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Important fossil sites do not always require travel to distant deserts or remote continents.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

High pressure over Arizona will expand west through the weekend, reaching California’s interior deserts and potentially as far west as the coast, according to the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

He dreamed of deserts and great empty cities and imagined he could feel the minutes and hours of his life running through him, as though he were nothing but an hourglass of flesh and bone.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

But this isn’t just a deserted patch of sand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

He has strained his eyes writing stories in the dark in a deserted gym.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

At night, the narrow cobbled streets of Old Havana are enveloped in inky black, devoid of power and virtually deserted.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

A community garden has replaced a drug market, a library stands where an unofficial dumping ground once accumulated milk crates, and formerly deserted blocks now have families moving in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The only sound was the echo of our feet on the stone floor as we made our way across the deserted atrium.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

But a major reason for voters deserting the party in past elections was inflation, an unwelcome phenomenon for households after several decades of stable or falling prices.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

In a mountainous village of post-war Italy, a taciturn Sicilian soldier hides out after deserting the army.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024

But the Syrian army collapsed with surprising ease, with many troops deserting the battlefield, in the face of the HTS rebels’ onslaught.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2024

But that’s the way it’s been as my third and final child draws ever nearer to deserting the nest, as the role of “mother” becomes less CEO and more consultant emeritus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

He’d be deserting in the line of fire.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson