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
Sometimes, like in Melbourne, the ball does all sorts for the seamers, sometimes it turns square on a dust bowl.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
Original tale “Scarecrow: The Reaping,” which began at Universal Studios Florida, mixes in jump scares with more natural-seeming frights, such as the aforementioned simulated dust bowl.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
Indeed, much like climate change, the dust bowl began because technological advances overtook our collective ability to apply that knowledge responsibly.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022
Any farmer doing it would turn their land into a dust bowl within twelve years.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
