locust

Example Sentences

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Banneker enjoyed studying, playing with, and observing all types of insects and bugs, particularly the bees and locusts.

From Scientific American

"We are watching farms collapse and livelihoods lost due to floods, droughts and swarms of locusts," she said - all of which scientists say are being exacerbated by climate change.

From Reuters

Cyclones have torn through the south; desert locusts have endangered the food supply in the east; the Nile River’s water supply is unsteady.

From Los Angeles Times

“Two degrees more, and we jeopardize the food supply for hundreds of millions of people, crops wither, locusts swarm,” he said.

From Washington Post

They marched him to a locust tree in the courthouse yard and were about to hang him.

From Washington Post