desert

Project Convergence brought 9,700 infantry soldiers to the desert for a 10-day, round-the-clock mock fight against an Army unit called Blackhorse, which stood in for China’s People’s Liberation Army.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Barber recalls driving her husband to medical appointments recently after he had a mini stroke, and how costs piled up as they live in a "medical desert."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

“I started texting some friends like, ‘Doing this thing in the desert, bringing the speakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Her instantly recognizable flower paintings, desert landscapes, bleached bones and abstractions have won her dozens of museum retrospectives or themed solo exhibitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

As soon as Uncle Jet parked the truck, he would sneak out and run into the desert and call for Wind Being or Darkness, who were probably wondering where he was right now.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Last year, Northwestern University identified over 212 counties out of some 3,000 in the United States as "news deserts," having no locally-based news sources such as newspapers and public radio.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

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 empty seas swung by him, and the mountains against the stars.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

But this isn’t just a deserted patch of sand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

But when he arrived, the business was deserted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

To test the concept, Srinivasan headed to a nearly deserted artificial island about 100 miles from the equator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The tourist port in the Romanian town of Corabia, on the banks of the Danube river, is deserted except for a few pleasure boats stranded in the algae.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

With the town so deserted, Doha was sharply aware of how much they were sticking out.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

It could have meant one of the last major studios - behind titles last year such as Ryan Coogler's Sinners, The Minecraft Movie and One Battle After Another - deserting the cinema.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 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

But that’s the way it’s been as my third and final child draws ever nearer to deserting the nest, as the role of “mother” becomes less CEO and more consultant emeritus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

Caught in the middle, many villagers sneaked back to their home villages, deserting the strategic hamlets.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge