dust bowl

Example Sentences

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Delhi, where temperatures in May hit 45C for several days running, is at particular risk of becoming "a dust bowl with extreme heat load," he said.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

"When marketers and publicists realized that TikTok was their best hope for attention, they swarmed, turning the app into a conventional promotional dust bowl."

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

When marketers and publicists realized that TikTok was their best hope for attention, they swarmed, turning the app into a conventional promotional dust bowl.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Perhaps irony, like water for the swimming pool, is a resource that dries up seasonally in these parts, leaving only a dust bowl of surly resentment and some tatty deckchairs behind.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Any farmer doing it would turn their land into a dust bowl within twelve years.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir