deserts
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At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Gusty winds are expected along the mountains and deserts of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties — enough to down tree limbs and trees and make driving high-profile vehicles difficult.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
To better understand what happened on Mars, the team compared observations from the Curiosity rover with similar rock formations found in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates that formed under comparable conditions on Earth.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
The dust, made up of fine sand and mineral particles lifted from the deserts of North Africa, will have travelled thousands of miles on warm southerly air currents.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
It was a crazy idea and if he had read as many books as you have about journeys over deserts he would never have dreamed of it.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing deserts
Twelfth Night
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Chief Joseph's Words to Washington D.C. (1879)
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Antony and Cleopatra
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