locust
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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
The U.S. currently has no native locust species.
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
At the time, Papa made and drank locust beer, and Mama made scuppernong and blackberry wines for church communion.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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
Treated plots had fewer locusts, less leaf damage, and double the millet yield at harvest.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026
In his 2012 autobiography, "American Son," Rubio wrote, "I can't stand to hear immigrants described in terms more appropriate to a plague of locusts than human beings."
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
Truth be told, Ophie would’ve far preferred a swarm of locusts.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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