locust

Acts of God are environmental: droughts, floods, locust plagues and the unusual winters that froze the Thames, contributing to recessions in 1710, 1739-40, 1762 and 1946-47.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

What’s also true is that 21st century markets can be affected by speculators’ attention, much as wheat crops can be affected by the attention of locust swarms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Could shifting the balance of protein and carbohydrates in crops prevent locust damage?

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026

I also love locust blooms, but I know of only one house near me that has locust trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

He could smell her before he could even see her; the perfume smelled like the ivory locust blossoms that hung down from the trees in the spring.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

The approved list includes grasshoppers, locusts and two-spotted crickets, among others.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The Dodgers had opened Pandora’s box, and out would fly a lockout, a pall of smoke over their games, and a plague of locusts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

He’ll just declare victory and steer his plague of locusts to consume something else.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

Then locusts destroyed grain harvests across the Great Plains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“The locusts? That... that was the Domishman. Quentyn, the so-called prince. Ask Reznak if you doubt me.”

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