desert

These chameleons are desert specialists and can obtain moisture directly from the air.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have also managed to route millions of barrels a day around the blockade by piping them across the desert to the Gulf of Oman or the Red Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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

After last-minute gulps of water, everyone filters back into the heat of the desert and hurries to air out the cars’ ovenlike cabins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

And beyond the desert, after a few days’ ride, was the garden capital of Turfan.

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

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 view changes as the ship’s pilots deftly navigate worlds — or at least try to — like the metropolis of Coruscant and the deserts of Tatooine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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

“Get into trouble. Get out of trouble again. Visit jungles and volcanoes and deserts and islands. And people. I want to meet an awful lot of people.”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

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

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

AFP saw walkways, sun loungers and a restaurant terrace at the hotel deserted.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

He made his way back to his farm along deserted roads.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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

Perhaps, but it was symbolic of the solitary nature of his position, as he confronts some of the hardest choices of his presidency and some of his former allies appear to be deserting him.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

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

If they run into Americans, he will say he is deserting.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr