desert
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These chameleons are desert specialists and can obtain moisture directly from the air.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Surrounded by five mountain ranges, the city offers dramatic desert scenery.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
A ridge of high pressure over the desert Southwest is driving this latest wave of hot weather, with the most extreme temperatures expected along the Nevada, Arizona and southeastern California borders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Bulldozers broke ground earlier this month on the public lands that blend desert, river and mountain ecosystems and are home to the famed Santa Elena Canyon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The desert had energy and electricity in the air.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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
Today, many of the best places to conduct this work are deserts or Arctic landscapes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Important fossil sites do not always require travel to distant deserts or remote continents.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
On Sundays, iron curtains roll shut, turning city centers into eerie, echoey deserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Yelena has passed survival tests at sea, in forests, and in deserts.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
He has strained his eyes writing stories in the dark in a deserted gym.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 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 $100-billion dollar complex's quiet streets and deserted beaches have earned it a reputation as a "ghost city"
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Destroyed buildings east of Deir al Balah, where farmland and residential areas appear largely deserted following the advance of the Yellow Line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Even though it was only mid-afternoon, zone 20 was draped in shadow, and deserted.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
He was arguing defiantly he would carry on, but that defiance drained away as it became clear his capacity to viably govern was deserting him.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
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 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
He treats his troops abominably, whether he’s deserting them in Egypt, condemning them to a death march through a Russian winter or sending them into the hopeless onslaught of Waterloo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
You will become everything you hate, Cain had said when I'd considered deserting.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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