desert
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Photos and a video Aiello provided show bladed wire snaking around the decomposing animal’s neck and curved horns, as well as the front legs, in a desert landscape dotted with boulders.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
I hadn’t lived in a food desert, though there were plenty close enough to me.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
The desert is already advancing eastwards, threatening the river floodplains of the Ganges, he warned.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
PHOENIX—All around this desert city’s sprawling metro area, low-rise office parks with tinted windows and vast parking lots stretch to the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
He searched the desert floor to look for more footprints but was unable to even find his own.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Vocabulary lists containing desert
Physical Geography - Introductory
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