desert

Last week, we reported on a pointy desert plant that could make toilet paper softer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But he preferred Los Angeles to the Nevada desert and began his pitch to Walter’s camp over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

He compared it to Wall Street’s genius creation, all those years ago, of those mortgage-backed securities that allowed them to leverage endless empty condos in the Las Vegas desert.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

However, humidity and a risk of mountain and desert thunderstorms mean most residents won’t feel noticeable relief until Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

I was eleven years old the last time Ma took me to Grandma’s Netflix-less, Wi-Fi desert of an apartment.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Important fossil sites do not always require travel to distant deserts or remote continents.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

“In California most of the biodiversity in the state is in the inland deserts, partly because a lot of the other ecosystems have been totally destroyed, you know? It’s a very alive place,” Watkins explains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

On Sundays, iron curtains roll shut, turning city centers into eerie, echoey deserts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

There was below-normal precipitation in interior areas like the Sierra Nevada and southeastern California deserts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Between Meereen and Volantis lay five hundred leagues of deserts, mountains, swamps, and ruins, plus Mantarys with its sinister repute.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

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

He deserted his unit earlier this month, Goni said, before relocating to Maiduguri, where he went into hiding with the help of an "associate".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Streets were largely deserted in Taiwan's port city of Keelung, which is expected to be one of the hardest hit areas on the island, as Bavi whipped up strong winds and dumped heavy rain.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

Otherwise, the town’s main road and boardwalks are deserted.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

Despite losing his beloved horse, he told the BBC in 2011 - on the 30th anniversary of Shergar's biggest triumph - that he did not contemplate deserting his Irish breeding operation.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 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

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

He left unsaid the idea of his deserting his sisters while he escaped.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer