desolation
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Maria Angeles Canete fought back tears as she looked around the desolation that used to be her campsite near Navaluenga.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
“There’s a sense of glamour and desolation about Lila that makes me think of Marilyn Monroe,” said the writer Daphne Merkin, who hired Raicek to be her research assistant in 2006.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The people of the world saw their planet as the astronauts saw it - fragile and beautiful - shining in the desolation of space.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
She’s found the desolation isn’t limited to Grand Central Market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
She told Etty she wanted now, and later, to live through her desolation by herself and be left to rebuild her life as well as she could without Charles.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Vocabulary lists containing desolation
The Declaration of Independence
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Fahrenheit 451
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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