locust
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That heartless sea alludes to both a disturbing woman in his past and hard times when young, watching “the locust feed / Like tractor wrecks and cabbages rotting in a field.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
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 scientists learn from locust outbreaks abroad may prove critical at home, helping the U.S. manage migratory pests more effectively and prepare for the possibility that locusts one day cross the border.
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
The day of the locust was at hand, but from the ashes of humanity there arose no Phoenix.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
The approved list includes grasshoppers, locusts and some silkworms.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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 were tuning up, and we walked on wordless a rod or two.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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