desert
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It is a mosaic of subcultures: fishermen in coastal towns, hipsters in Portland, hippies in Eugene, hikers in Bend, farmers in the Willamette Valley, loggers in timber towns and cowboys in Eastern Oregon’s high desert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In video clips, Dion is seen wandering in a desert.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
This lonely San Diego County desert town, about 50 miles from the nearest Starbucks, deserves the attention of anyone who really wants peace and quiet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sakharov’s own reaction was remarkably similar to what Robert Oppenheimer had experienced when he watched the world’s first atomic bomb test in the New Mexico desert ten years before.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Americans are tough and have endured the hardship, and now, we’ll finally get our just deserts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Julian joins the Air Force out of boredom and deserts for the same reason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
The deserts and the San Joaquin Valley were under an extreme heat warning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Now, when they need her help, the pioneer woman player deserts them!
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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
Stay; he is himself zoöphagous, and in his wild ravings outside the chapel door of the deserted house he always spoke of “master.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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
But the rate is half the national level for Californians under 35, and they are precisely the group that is deserting the West Coast for “cost of living” reasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025
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
“And the moms that we help — I can’t imagine deserting any of them.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
If they run into Americans, he will say he is deserting.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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